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The Alliance

The ugly week Washington courts the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on March 22, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 22, 2026

Defense

Bill 2041 and the problem of allied basing rights

Mar 21, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The softwood file: the view from Foggy Bottom

Mar 21, 2026

Economy

Canada’s stake in shelter inflation just got larger

Mar 21, 2026

Midterms

An ugly bargain over the House battleground

Mar 21, 2026

Congress

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a border supplemental

Mar 21, 2026

White House

In Savannah, the mail-in ballot order presses the map

Mar 21, 2026

Industrial Policy

A chip-export tightening: the view from Capitol Hill

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

Elena Voss · Mar 21, 2026

Drug Prices

What 46 per cent in Chattanooga says about a vaccine-schedule fight

American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 21, 2026

The Strait

What 42 per cent in Toledo says about jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$80 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 21, 2026

The Border

Bill 2032 and the problem of a humanitarian parole fight

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 21, 2026

The Nine

The partisan week Washington upholds the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 21, 2026

The Alliance

Gulf shipping insurance: the view from Foggy Bottom

American statecraft on March 21, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 21, 2026

The War

Judiciary turns to the tanker war as Raleigh watches

Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 20, 2026

The Borderline

Chattanooga cannot look away from a dairy flare-up

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 20, 2026

Markets

A continental bargain over the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on March 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 20, 2026

The Map

The intelligence panel turns to the suburban-women vote as Boise watches

From Boise to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 20, 2026

The Floor

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent March 20, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 20, 2026

West Wing

The dangerous week Washington signals a late-night tariff threat

On March 20, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 20, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 52 per cent in Anchorage says about the AI safety rulebook

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The AI safety rulebook is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 20, 2026

Drug Prices

An unfinished bargain over hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 20, 2026

The Strait

Capitol Hill stays late on a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$80 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 20, 2026

The Border

In Manchester, interior enforcement tightens the map

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 20, 2026

The Nine

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside a tariff-authority challenge

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 20, 2026