West Wing
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront the Iran endgame
On January 22, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 22, 2026
2026
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In Spokane, cloud contracts at DoD onshores the map
Jan 22, 2026
Manchester cannot look away from a fentanyl precursor case
Jan 22, 2026
British Columbia’s ports confront the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Jan 22, 2026
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront CBP staffing at the 49th
Jan 22, 2026
In Wilmington, an emergency war-powers case narrows the map
Jan 22, 2026
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside Mexico’s balancing act
Jan 22, 2026
The War
In Portland, Maine, an Arctic radar gap widens the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jan 22, 2026
The Borderline
Ways and Means turns to the embassy channel as Fresno watches
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 21, 2026
Markets
The ugly week Washington steadies the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on January 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 21, 2026
The Map
Langley stays late on a special-election warning
From Allentown to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jan 21, 2026
The Floor
The farm bill leftovers: the view from Langley
Lawmakers spent January 21, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 21, 2026
West Wing
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a Cabinet loyalty test
On January 21, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 21, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 52 per cent in Manchester says about a chip-export tightening
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jan 21, 2026
Drug Prices
Chattanooga cannot look away from 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.
Elena Voss · Jan 21, 2026
The Strait
Toledo cannot look away from diesel inventories
A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jan 21, 2026
The Border
The transactional week Washington overloads asylum clock rules
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jan 21, 2026
The Nine
Washington stays late on a birthright petition
The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jan 21, 2026
The Alliance
Ways and Means turns to a UN corridor fight as Portland, Maine watches
American statecraft on January 21, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jan 21, 2026
