The Map
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the House battleground
From Savannah to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 19, 2026
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Bill 2013 and the problem of a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Mar 19, 2026
Canada’s stake in the mail-in ballot order just got larger
Mar 19, 2026
What 46 per cent in Allentown says about an election-deepfake statute
Mar 19, 2026
Langley stays late on a fentanyl precursor case
Mar 19, 2026
What 49 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Mar 19, 2026
Canada’s stake in student-visa friction just got larger
Mar 19, 2026
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 19, 2026
The Alliance
The ugly week Washington improvises the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on March 18, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 18, 2026
The War
An expensive bargain over an Arctic radar gap
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 18, 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
Markets
K Street stays late on a factory-orders stall
The number that moved Washington on March 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 18, 2026
The Map
Canada’s stake in the House battleground just got larger
From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 18, 2026
The Floor
The continental week Washington loads a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent March 18, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Mar 18, 2026
West Wing
Sioux Falls cannot look away from the midterm message
On March 18, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 18, 2026
Industrial Policy
Canada’s stake in a chip-export tightening just got larger
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Mar 18, 2026
Drug Prices
What 52 per cent in Sioux Falls says about an FDA nomination
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 18, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in Gulf Coast refining just got larger
A barrel at US$79 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 18, 2026
The Border
A continental bargain over a Safe Third Country strain
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 18, 2026
Armed Services turns to the Canada spending file as Manchester watches
Marcus Hale · Mar 17, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the USMCA review
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 17, 2026
