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

The Map

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront the House battleground

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

Peter Lang · Mar 2, 2026

The Floor

Foreign Relations turns to a border supplemental as Portland, Maine watches

Lawmakers spent March 2, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 2, 2026

West Wing

Foggy Bottom stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test

On March 2, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 2, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 1807 and the problem of an election-deepfake statute

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 2, 2026

Drug Prices

What 51 per cent in Sioux Falls says about 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 2, 2026

The Strait

What 43 per cent in Fresno says about Canadian heavy crude

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

Owen MacLeod · Mar 1, 2026

The Border

What 39 per cent in Raleigh says about 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 · Mar 1, 2026

The Nine

Spokane cannot look away from the classified-documents fight

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 1, 2026

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

The War

Foggy Bottom stays late on an Arctic radar gap

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 1, 2026

The Borderline

The unfinished week Washington frays 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 · Mar 1, 2026

Markets

The partisan week Washington misreads a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on March 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 1, 2026

The Map

The legal week Washington freezes the suburban-women vote

From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 1, 2026

The Floor

The border supplemental hiding inside a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent March 1, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Mar 1, 2026

West Wing

Capitol Hill stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test

On March 1, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 1, 2026