The number that moved Washington on March 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 24, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2067 and the problem of 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 24, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in a dairy flare-up just got larger

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 23, 2026

The Borderline

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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

Elena Voss · Mar 22, 2026

The War

Bill 2041 and the problem of allied basing rights

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 21, 2026

The Borderline

The softwood file: the view from Foggy Bottom

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 21, 2026

The Map

An ugly bargain over the House battleground

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

Peter Lang · Mar 21, 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

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 Borderline

Portland, Maine 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 19, 2026

Markets

The overnight week Washington misreads small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on March 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 19, 2026

The Borderline

The continental week Washington hardens the USMCA review

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 18, 2026

The Borderline

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the USMCA review

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 17, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 17, 2026

The Borderline

Portland, Maine 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 16, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 15, 2026

The Borderline

Savannah cannot look away from the auto rules of origin

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 14, 2026