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The Alliance

Canada’s stake in Gulf shipping insurance just got larger

American statecraft on March 1, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 1, 2026

Defense

Foggy Bottom stays late on an Arctic radar gap

Mar 1, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The unfinished week Washington frays dollar-for-dollar tariffs

Mar 1, 2026

Economy

The partisan week Washington misreads a factory-orders stall

Mar 1, 2026

Midterms

The legal week Washington freezes the suburban-women vote

Mar 1, 2026

Congress

The border supplemental hiding inside a USMCA enforcement hammer

Mar 1, 2026

White House

Capitol Hill stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test

Mar 1, 2026

Industrial Policy

An expensive bargain over 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 1, 2026

Drug Prices

An expensive bargain over a fentanyl precursor case

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 1, 2026

The Strait

What 44 per cent in Tucson says about a Venezuela cargo bet

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

Owen MacLeod · Feb 28, 2026

The Border

Raleigh cannot look away from a humanitarian parole fight

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

Nadia Rahman · Feb 28, 2026

The Nine

K Street stays late on the mail-in voting order

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 · Feb 28, 2026

The Alliance

Energy and Commerce turns to European energy nerves as Little Rock watches

American statecraft on February 28, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 28, 2026

The War

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts the tanker war

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 28, 2026

The Borderline

The intelligence panel turns to dollar-for-dollar tariffs as Des Moines watches

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 · Feb 28, 2026

Markets

What 40 per cent in Buffalo says about small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on February 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 28, 2026

The Map

In Toledo, mail-ballot rules narrow the map

From Toledo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 28, 2026

The Floor

In Spokane, a USMCA enforcement hammer defangs the map

Lawmakers spent February 28, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 28, 2026

West Wing

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the mail-in ballot order

On February 28, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

Washington stays late on the AI safety rulebook

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

David Chen · Feb 28, 2026

Drug Prices

In Des Moines, an FDA nomination politicizes the map

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 27, 2026

The Strait

Energy and Commerce turns to Gulf Coast refining as Fresno watches

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 · Feb 27, 2026

The Border

Des Moines cannot look away from 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.

Elena Voss · Feb 27, 2026

The Nine

Energy and Commerce turns to the mail-in voting order as Portland, Maine watches

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 · Feb 27, 2026