The number that moved Washington on March 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 25, 2026

The Map

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground

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

Elena Voss · Mar 25, 2026

The Floor

In Toledo, the farm bill leftovers marks up the map

Lawmakers spent March 25, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 25, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in the midterm message just got larger

On March 25, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 25, 2026

Industrial Policy

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside 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 25, 2026

Drug Prices

What 49 per cent in Savannah says about Medicare drug talks

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 25, 2026

The Strait

The quiet week Washington empties a Venezuela cargo bet

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

Owen MacLeod · Mar 25, 2026

The Border

What 50 per cent in Des Moines says about 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.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 25, 2026

The Nine

The classified-documents fight: the view from Foggy Bottom

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 25, 2026

The Alliance

What 41 per cent in Tucson says about European energy nerves

American statecraft on March 25, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 25, 2026

The War

The defence production rewrite hiding inside 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 · Mar 24, 2026

The Borderline

Cross-border data rules: the view from K Street

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 24, 2026

Markets

Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Grand Rapids watches

The number that moved Washington on March 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 24, 2026

The Map

The an AI liability bill hiding inside mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Mar 24, 2026

The Floor

In Toledo, a Canada-sensitive auto rider fast-tracks the map

Lawmakers spent March 24, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 24, 2026