World Affairs Correspondent
Lila Okada covers U.S. foreign policy, the State Department and the wars Washington is fighting in Canada’s name as an ally.
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Statecraft
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: US resident arrested in connection with deadly British Columbia school shooting.
Lila Okada · Oct 6, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Former American Idol contestant sentenced to life in prison for murdering wife.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia, Rubio says.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: No 10 insists RAF Fairford is safe after US withdraws bombers.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Georgia officials hunt for suspect in shooting that killed two and injured 35.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: FBI arrests a woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Super El Niño is here. What's so super about it?.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Sexual assault survivors share stories online following Cornell rape allegations.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: The USDA's largest and oldest lab is set to close.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: 'Not again': Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan's Okinawa.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: All six passengers presumed dead after plane went missing off US coast.
Lila Okada · Oct 5, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Rescuers suspend search for survivors after plane went missing off US coast.
Lila Okada · Oct 4, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: US removes all bombers from UK air base.
Lila Okada · Oct 4, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: In 'Ply,' Hernán Díaz imagines what we become after the world we know.
Lila Okada · Oct 4, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says.
Lila Okada · Oct 4, 2026
Statecraft
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Cornell president calls gang rape allegations 'deeply disturbing'.
Lila Okada · Oct 4, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: How the Cornell case is affecting women who have experienced sexual assault.
Lila Okada · Oct 4, 2026
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