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The Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit

The Borderline

In Allentown, the auto rules of origin weaponizes the map

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 · Jan 20, 2026

Canada–U.S.

What 44 per cent in Sioux Falls says about the softwood file

Jan 18, 2026

Congress

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the Pentagon’s wish list

Jan 18, 2026

Technology

Buffalo cannot look away from a chip-export tightening

Jan 18, 2026

World

The intelligence panel turns to Mexico’s balancing act as Portland, Maine watches

Jan 18, 2026

Canada–U.S.

A transactional bargain over steel and aluminum duties

Jan 17, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the auto rules of origin

Jan 16, 2026

The Nine

Capitol Hill stays late on a birthright petition

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

Claire Fontaine · Jan 16, 2026

The Borderline

K Street stays late on 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 · Jan 15, 2026

The Border

Spokane cannot look away from interior enforcement

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

Nadia Rahman · Jan 15, 2026

The Borderline

Cross-border data rules: the view from Foggy Bottom

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 14, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in dollar-for-dollar tariffs just got larger

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 · Jan 13, 2026

The Floor

The Pentagon’s wish list: the view from Foggy Bottom

Lawmakers spent January 13, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 13, 2026

The Borderline

The farm-state biofuels carve-out 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.

Elena Voss · Jan 12, 2026

The Map

Bill 1234 and the problem of early-state enthusiasm

From Omaha to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 12, 2026

The War

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside NORAD modernization

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

Marcus Hale · Jan 11, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in steel and aluminum duties just got larger

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 11, 2026

The Floor

In Grand Rapids, a border supplemental marks up the map

Lawmakers spent January 11, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 11, 2026

Industrial Policy

Green Bay cannot look away from a chip-export tightening

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

Elena Voss · Jan 11, 2026

The Borderline

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside 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 · Jan 10, 2026

Markets

In Chattanooga, a hot payrolls print prices in the map

The number that moved Washington on January 10, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 10, 2026

The Borderline

The expensive week Washington hardens 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 · Jan 9, 2026

The War

What 42 per cent in Des Moines says about 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 · Jan 8, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 8, 2026