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: Texas Republican candidate under fire for comment about university students of color.
Lila Okada · Sep 18, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: D.C. airspace is complicated. Experts say Trump's arch would add one more risk.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Head Start got her out of homelessness. Trump proposal threatens that help for others.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Big questions.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Pediatricians raise the alarm on the effect of Trump's immigration crackdown on kids.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: A Sikh truck driver is stabbed amid a rise in anti-South Asian rhetoric.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other option.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Growing number of GOP candidates are using anti-Muslim rhetoric on the campaign trail.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: 4 measles-associated deaths reported in Pennsylvania amid outbreak.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Stadium owner Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m in aid after Macklemore backlash.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: A law requiring U.S.-made materials is slowing the construction of affordable homes.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
Statecraft
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m in aid after Macklemore backlash.
Lila Okada · Sep 17, 2026
Statecraft
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Lena Dunham announces birth of first baby via surrogacy.
Lila Okada · Sep 16, 2026
Statecraft
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Top Democrat opposes US sale of heavy bombs to Israel.
Lila Okada · Sep 16, 2026
Statecraft
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: The 'burnerverse' exploiting young women in college.
Lila Okada · Sep 16, 2026
Statecraft
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Fort Hunter Liggett, Partners Unify to Battle Plaskett Fire.
Lila Okada · Sep 16, 2026
Statecraft
Lift the blockade, ease the sanctions, unfreeze the assets: the paper survived. The war did not read it.
Lila Okada · Sep 16, 2026
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Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: US House votes to hold billionaire Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt.
Lila Okada · Sep 16, 2026
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