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The Borderline

Bill 2100 and the problem of a dairy flare-up

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 26, 2026

Economy

Bill 2099 and the problem of the strong-dollar problem

Mar 26, 2026

Midterms

Bill 2098 and the problem of a Senate toss-up

Mar 26, 2026

Congress

The quiet week Washington stalls an emergency war authorization

Mar 26, 2026

White House

Bill 2096 and the problem of the gasoline file

Mar 26, 2026

Technology

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside cloud contracts at DoD

Mar 26, 2026

Health

The legal week Washington expands cross-border drug runs

Mar 26, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in a winter-gas warning just got larger

A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 26, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in asylum clock rules just got larger

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 26, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2091 and the problem of agency-deferral leftovers

The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 26, 2026

The Alliance

The West Wing stays late on the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on March 26, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 26, 2026

The War

What 48 per cent in Fresno says about 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 · Mar 25, 2026

The Borderline

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside 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 25, 2026

Markets

In Toledo, the gasoline shock overheats the map

The number that moved Washington on March 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 25, 2026

The Map

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground

From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Elena Voss · Mar 25, 2026

The Floor

In Toledo, the farm bill leftovers marks up the map

Lawmakers spent March 25, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 25, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in the midterm message just got larger

On March 25, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 25, 2026

Industrial Policy

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside 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 25, 2026

Drug Prices

What 49 per cent in Savannah says about Medicare drug talks

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 25, 2026

The Strait

The quiet week Washington empties a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 25, 2026

The Border

What 50 per cent in Des Moines says about student-visa friction

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 25, 2026

The Nine

The classified-documents fight: the view from Foggy Bottom

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 25, 2026

The Alliance

What 41 per cent in Tucson says about European energy nerves

American statecraft on March 25, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 25, 2026

The War

The defence production rewrite hiding inside a munitions shortage

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 24, 2026