The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 4, 2026

The Alliance

The ugly week Washington abandons the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on March 4, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 4, 2026

The War

An Arctic radar gap: the view from Foggy Bottom

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 4, 2026

The Borderline

A quiet bargain over the embassy channel

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 4, 2026

Markets

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on March 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 4, 2026

The Map

Ontario’s auto belt confronts a Senate toss-up

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 4, 2026

The Floor

Foreign Relations turns to the Pentagon’s wish list as Wilmington watches

Lawmakers spent March 4, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 4, 2026

West Wing

K Street stays late on a late-night tariff threat

On March 4, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 4, 2026

Industrial Policy

Savannah cannot look away from 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.

Elena Voss · Mar 4, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 1830 and the problem of Medicare drug talks

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 4, 2026

The Strait

What 45 per cent in Allentown says about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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

Owen MacLeod · Mar 4, 2026

The Border

In Fresno, asylum clock rules accelerates the map

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 3, 2026

The Nine

The overnight week Washington blocks the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 3, 2026

The Alliance

Boise cannot look away from Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on March 3, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 3, 2026

The War

What 44 per cent in Little Rock says about the Hormuz mission

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 3, 2026

The Borderline

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront the softwood file

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 3, 2026

Markets

A partisan bargain over the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on March 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 3, 2026