West Wing
What 41 per cent in Omaha says about the Iran endgame
On March 24, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 24, 2026
2026
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In Des Moines, platform liability audits the map
Mar 24, 2026
Grand Rapids cannot look away from a vaccine-schedule fight
Mar 24, 2026
K Street stays late on the Hormuz risk premium
Mar 24, 2026
Canada’s stake in CBP staffing at the 49th just got larger
Mar 24, 2026
Bill 2067 and the problem of the classified-documents fight
Mar 24, 2026
In Boise, European energy nerves courts the map
Mar 24, 2026
The War
What 44 per cent in Buffalo says about NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 23, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in a dairy flare-up just got larger
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 23, 2026
Markets
Langley stays late on credit-card delinquencies
The number that moved Washington on March 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 23, 2026
The Map
Bill 2062 and the problem of mail-ballot rules
From Chattanooga to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 23, 2026
The Floor
An overnight bargain over the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent March 23, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 23, 2026
West Wing
A dangerous bargain over a late-night tariff threat
On March 23, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 23, 2026
Industrial Policy
The dangerous week Washington onshores a chip-export tightening
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 23, 2026
Drug Prices
Toledo cannot look away from hospital staffing
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 23, 2026
The Strait
The defence production rewrite hiding inside the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$80 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 23, 2026
The Border
Banking turns to the northern border narrative as Buffalo 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 23, 2026
The Nine
The unfinished week Washington rewrites a tariff-authority challenge
The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 23, 2026
The Alliance
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts a Venezuela oil bargain
American statecraft on March 23, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 23, 2026
