West Wing
K Street stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test
On January 9, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 9, 2026
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K Street stays late on a chip-export tightening
Jan 9, 2026
Bill 1194 and the problem of an FDA nomination
Jan 9, 2026
Homeland Security turns to a winter-gas warning as Boise watches
Jan 9, 2026
A dangerous bargain over a humanitarian parole fight
Jan 9, 2026
In Wilmington, a birthright petition narrows the map
Jan 9, 2026
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the Five Eyes tempo
Jan 8, 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
Markets
The continental week Washington front-runs the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on January 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 8, 2026
The Map
In Raleigh, a Senate toss-up reorders the map
From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jan 8, 2026
The Floor
What 38 per cent in Anchorage says about a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent January 8, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Jan 8, 2026
West Wing
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts Washington’s foil
On January 8, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 8, 2026
Industrial Policy
The an AI liability bill hiding inside 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 · Jan 8, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 1182 and the problem of an FDA nomination
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 8, 2026
The Strait
Armed Services turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Fresno watches
A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jan 8, 2026
The Border
Bill 1180 and the problem of 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 · Jan 8, 2026
The Nine
Chattanooga cannot look away from the mail-in voting order
The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jan 8, 2026
The Alliance
In Boise, Gulf shipping insurance splits the map
American statecraft on January 7, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jan 7, 2026
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside cross-border data rules
Sophie Tremblay · Jan 7, 2026
Ways and Means turns to the strong-dollar problem as Manchester watches
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 7, 2026
Homeland Security turns to early-state enthusiasm as Wilmington watches
Peter Lang · Jan 7, 2026
