The Map
Early-state enthusiasm: the view from Capitol Hill
From Sioux Falls to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 13, 2026
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The Nine
An emergency war-powers case: the view from Langley
The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 12, 2026
The Alliance
Omaha cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on March 12, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 12, 2026
The War
What 39 per cent in Allentown says about NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Mar 12, 2026
The Borderline
A quiet bargain over cross-border data rules
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 12, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger
The number that moved Washington on March 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 12, 2026
The Map
In Chattanooga, a special-election warning explodes the map
From Chattanooga to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 12, 2026
The Floor
The West Wing stays late on the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent March 12, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 12, 2026
West Wing
Homeland Security turns to the gasoline file as Boise watches
On March 12, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 12, 2026
Industrial Policy
Canada’s stake in an election-deepfake statute just got larger
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Mar 12, 2026
Drug Prices
What 49 per cent in Manchester says about GLP-1 coverage fights
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 12, 2026
The Strait
Raleigh 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 12, 2026
The Border
Homeland Security turns to the northern border narrative as Portland, Maine watches
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 12, 2026
