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 3, 2026

The Alliance

Boise cannot look away from Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on March 3, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 3, 2026

The War

What 44 per cent in Little Rock says about 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 3, 2026

The Borderline

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront the softwood file

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 3, 2026

Markets

A partisan bargain over the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on March 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 3, 2026

The Map

What 46 per cent in Omaha says about a special-election warning

From Omaha to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 3, 2026

The Floor

A transactional bargain over a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent March 3, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 3, 2026

West Wing

What 43 per cent in Green Bay says about Canada as a foil

On March 3, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 3, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 1819 and the problem of the TikTok residual

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 3, 2026

Drug Prices

Foreign Relations turns to Medicare drug talks as Allentown watches

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 3, 2026

The Strait

What 47 per cent in Tucson says about jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 2, 2026

The Border

Wilmington cannot look away from a Safe Third Country strain

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 2, 2026

The Nine

In Raleigh, the mail-in voting order shadow-dockets the map

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 2, 2026

The Alliance

Anchorage cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on March 2, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Elena Voss · Mar 2, 2026

The War

What 45 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 2, 2026

The Borderline

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the softwood file

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 2, 2026

Markets

What 43 per cent in Savannah says about a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on March 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 2, 2026