West Wing
In Boise, a photo-op with refiners sidelines the map
On April 1, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 1, 2026
2026
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A chip-export tightening: the view from Capitol Hill
Apr 1, 2026
Capitol Hill stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights
Apr 1, 2026
Banking turns to the Hormuz risk premium as Spokane watches
Apr 1, 2026
Canada’s stake in a Safe Third Country strain just got larger
Apr 1, 2026
A dangerous bargain over the mail-in voting order
Apr 1, 2026
European energy nerves: the view from Foggy Bottom
Apr 1, 2026
The War
The ugly week Washington strains carrier-group math
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 1, 2026
The Borderline
A last-minute bargain over 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 31, 2026
Markets
What 42 per cent in Tucson says about the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on March 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 31, 2026
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
The Floor
An ugly bargain over a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent March 31, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 31, 2026
West Wing
Judiciary turns to a late-night tariff threat as Green Bay watches
On March 31, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 31, 2026
Industrial Policy
K Street stays late on 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 31, 2026
Drug Prices
In Portland, Maine, mental-health funding reprices the map
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · Mar 31, 2026
The Strait
A Venezuela cargo bet: the view from Langley
A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 31, 2026
The Border
Energy and Commerce turns to student-visa friction as Buffalo watches
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · 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 sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside early-state enthusiasm
Peter Lang · Mar 30, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a border supplemental
Amrita Shah · Mar 30, 2026