The number that moved Washington on March 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 28, 2026

The Map

The unfinished week Washington narrows mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Mar 28, 2026

The Floor

A dangerous bargain over the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent March 28, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 28, 2026

West Wing

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the Iran endgame

On March 28, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Mar 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

A last-minute bargain over data-centre water fights

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 28, 2026

Drug Prices

In Raleigh, Medicare drug talks delays the map

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 28, 2026

The Strait

What 45 per cent in Wilmington says about a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 28, 2026

The Border

In Sioux Falls, work-permit backlogs redefines the map

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 28, 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 28, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in European energy nerves just got larger

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

Lila Okada · Mar 28, 2026

The War

Alberta’s oil patch confronts the Canada spending file

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 28, 2026

The Borderline

The northern border stays late on cross-border data rules

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 · Mar 27, 2026

Markets

A transactional bargain over shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on March 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 27, 2026

The Map

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 27, 2026

The Floor

Langley stays late on the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent March 27, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 27, 2026

West Wing

Capitol Hill stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test

On March 27, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 27, 2026