The number that moved Washington on March 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 5, 2026

The Map

An unfinished bargain over the House battleground

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

Peter Lang · Mar 5, 2026

The Floor

Washington stays late on an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent March 5, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 5, 2026

West Wing

An unfinished bargain over a West Wing shake-up

On March 5, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 5, 2026

Industrial Policy

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside cloud contracts at DoD

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 5, 2026

Drug Prices

The expensive week Washington expands mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 5, 2026

The Strait

What 43 per cent in Tucson says about jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 5, 2026

The Border

A continental bargain over 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 4, 2026

The Nine

What 38 per cent in Manchester says about 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 4, 2026

The Alliance

The ugly week Washington abandons the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on March 4, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 4, 2026

The War

An Arctic radar gap: the view from Foggy Bottom

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 4, 2026

The Borderline

A quiet bargain over the embassy channel

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 · Mar 4, 2026

Markets

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on March 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 4, 2026

The Map

Ontario’s auto belt confronts a Senate toss-up

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 4, 2026

The Floor

Foreign Relations turns to the Pentagon’s wish list as Wilmington watches

Lawmakers spent March 4, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 4, 2026

West Wing

K Street stays late on a late-night tariff threat

On March 4, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 4, 2026