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 12, 2026

The Nine

Washington stays late on the classified-documents fight

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 11, 2026

The Alliance

An overnight bargain over a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on March 11, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 11, 2026

The War

Canada’s stake in an Arctic radar gap just got larger

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 11, 2026

The Borderline

Wilmington cannot look away from the USMCA review

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 11, 2026

Markets

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on March 11, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 11, 2026

The Map

The overnight week Washington explodes the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Savannah 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 11, 2026

The Floor

Bill 1917 and the problem of the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent March 11, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 11, 2026

West Wing

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

On March 11, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Mar 11, 2026

Industrial Policy

Des Moines cannot look away from cloud contracts at DoD

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 11, 2026

Drug Prices

Cross-border drug runs: the view from the West Wing

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 11, 2026

The Strait

In Green Bay, Gulf Coast refining overpromises the map

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 11, 2026

The Border

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront work-permit backlogs

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 11, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger

The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 10, 2026

The Alliance

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on March 10, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 10, 2026

The War

Bill 1909 and the problem of allied basing rights

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 10, 2026