The Map
In Wilmington, the generic ballot reorders the map
From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 31, 2026
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An ugly bargain over a border supplemental
Mar 31, 2026
Judiciary turns to a late-night tariff threat as Green Bay watches
Mar 31, 2026
K Street stays late on platform liability
Mar 31, 2026
In Portland, Maine, mental-health funding reprices the map
Mar 31, 2026
A Venezuela cargo bet: the view from Langley
Mar 31, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to student-visa friction as Buffalo watches
Mar 31, 2026
The Nine
A birthright petition: the view from Foggy Bottom
The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 31, 2026
The Alliance
What 46 per cent in Omaha says about the Iran coalition
American statecraft on March 31, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 31, 2026
The War
Manchester cannot look away from 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 31, 2026
The Borderline
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront 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 31, 2026
Markets
Portland, Maine cannot look away from small-business hiring
The number that moved Washington on March 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 30, 2026
The Map
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside early-state enthusiasm
From Chattanooga to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 30, 2026
The Floor
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent March 30, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 30, 2026
West Wing
The expensive week Washington tests a photo-op with refiners
On March 30, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 30, 2026
Industrial Policy
A legal bargain over platform liability
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Mar 30, 2026
Drug Prices
Des Moines cannot look away from cross-border drug runs
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 30, 2026
The Strait
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 30, 2026
The Border
In Grand Rapids, work-permit backlogs tightens the map
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 30, 2026
The expensive week Washington blocks a tariff-authority challenge
Claire Fontaine · Mar 30, 2026
Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 30, 2026
