The number that moved Washington on March 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 6, 2026

The Map

The ground game in Pennsylvania: the view from K Street

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 6, 2026

The Floor

Armed Services turns to an emergency war authorization as Portland, Maine watches

Lawmakers spent March 6, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 6, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in a sudden pardon rumour just got larger

On March 6, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 6, 2026

Industrial Policy

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside the TikTok residual

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

David Chen · Mar 6, 2026

Drug Prices

In Spokane, GLP-1 coverage fights reprices the map

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 6, 2026

The Strait

Savannah cannot look away from the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 6, 2026

The Border

The intelligence panel turns to interior enforcement as Portland, Maine watches

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 5, 2026

The Nine

Ontario’s auto belt confronts sanctions litigation

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 5, 2026

The Alliance

Grand Rapids cannot look away from a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on March 5, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 5, 2026

The War

Langley stays late on carrier-group math

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 5, 2026

The Borderline

A partisan bargain over 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.

Elena Voss · Mar 5, 2026

Markets

Bill 1847 and the problem of small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on March 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 5, 2026

The Map

An unfinished bargain over the House battleground

From Des Moines to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 5, 2026

The Floor

Washington stays late on an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent March 5, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 5, 2026