The Map
In Buffalo, mail-ballot rules haunt the map
From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 29, 2026
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Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the farm bill leftovers
Mar 29, 2026
Canada’s stake in a Cabinet loyalty test just got larger
Mar 29, 2026
What 47 per cent in Anchorage says about the AI safety rulebook
Mar 29, 2026
What 44 per cent in Portland, Maine says about GLP-1 coverage fights
Mar 29, 2026
Homeland Security turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Fresno watches
Mar 29, 2026
British Columbia’s ports confront CBP staffing at the 49th
Mar 29, 2026
The Nine
Bill 2127 and the problem of 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 29, 2026
The Alliance
The legal week Washington punishes Gulf shipping insurance
American statecraft on March 29, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 29, 2026
The War
A munitions shortage: the view from Langley
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 29, 2026
The Borderline
What 46 per cent in Portland, Maine says about 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 28, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger
The number that moved Washington on March 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 28, 2026
The Map
The unfinished week Washington narrows mail-ballot rules
From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 28, 2026
The Floor
A dangerous bargain over the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent March 28, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 28, 2026
West Wing
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the Iran endgame
On March 28, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Mar 28, 2026
Industrial Policy
A last-minute bargain over data-centre water fights
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Mar 28, 2026
Drug Prices
In Raleigh, Medicare drug talks delays the map
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 28, 2026
The Strait
What 45 per cent in Wilmington says about a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 28, 2026
The Border
In Sioux Falls, work-permit backlogs redefines 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 28, 2026
