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 16, 2026

The Alliance

Energy and Commerce turns to Mexico’s balancing act as Fresno watches

American statecraft on March 15, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 15, 2026

The War

Raleigh cannot look away from 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 15, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront 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 15, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in the strong-dollar problem just got larger

The number that moved Washington on March 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Mar 15, 2026

The Map

What 43 per cent in Fresno says about the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 15, 2026

The Floor

Foreign Relations turns to the debt-limit shadow play as Fresno watches

Lawmakers spent March 15, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 15, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in a West Wing shake-up just got larger

On March 15, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 15, 2026

Industrial Policy

The intelligence panel turns to an election-deepfake statute as Allentown watches

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 15, 2026

Drug Prices

Homeland Security turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Buffalo watches

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 15, 2026

The Strait

Sioux Falls cannot look away from jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$79 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 15, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in interior enforcement just got larger

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 15, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in the classified-documents fight just got larger

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 15, 2026

The Alliance

The last-minute week Washington punishes the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on March 14, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 14, 2026

The War

Spokane cannot look away from the Hormuz mission

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 14, 2026