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
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Boise cannot look away from shelter inflation
Mar 14, 2026
Tucson cannot look away from the generic ballot
Mar 14, 2026
The farm bill leftovers: the view from Capitol Hill
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Canada’s stake in Washington’s foil just got larger
Mar 14, 2026
Platform liability: the view from Langley
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Bill 1950 and the problem of a vaccine-schedule fight
Mar 14, 2026
The Strait
Canadian heavy crude: the view from K Street
A barrel at US$79 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 14, 2026
The Border
The transactional week Washington tightens 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 14, 2026
The Nine
Canada’s stake in a birthright petition just got larger
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 14, 2026
The Alliance
The transactional week Washington underwrites European energy nerves
American statecraft on March 13, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 13, 2026
The War
The dangerous week Washington strains NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 13, 2026
The Borderline
Bill 1944 and the problem of steel and aluminum duties
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 13, 2026
Markets
K Street stays late on the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on March 13, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 13, 2026
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
The Floor
A last-minute bargain over a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent March 13, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 13, 2026
West Wing
Bill 1940 and the problem of a late-night tariff threat
On March 13, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 13, 2026
Industrial Policy
The West Wing stays late on an election-deepfake statute
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 13, 2026
Drug Prices
Cross-border drug runs: the view from K Street
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 13, 2026
