West Wing
Canada’s stake in the Iran endgame just got larger
On January 20, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 20, 2026
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Canada’s stake in the TikTok residual just got larger
Jan 20, 2026
Allentown cannot look away from mental-health funding
Jan 20, 2026
The predictable week Washington overpromises the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Jan 20, 2026
Spokane cannot look away from CBP staffing at the 49th
Jan 20, 2026
The continental week Washington fast-tracks a birthright petition
Jan 20, 2026
In Savannah, the Iran coalition splits the map
Jan 20, 2026
The War
What 45 per cent in Chattanooga says about the tanker war
Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Jan 20, 2026
The Borderline
In Allentown, the auto rules of origin weaponizes the map
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jan 20, 2026
Markets
What 41 per cent in Toledo says about the strong-dollar problem
The number that moved Washington on January 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 19, 2026
The Map
Boise cannot look away from a Senate toss-up
From Boise 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 19, 2026
The Floor
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront an emergency war authorization
Lawmakers spent January 19, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 19, 2026
West Wing
Bill 1316 and the problem of the gasoline file
On January 19, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 19, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 40 per cent in Omaha says about 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 · Jan 19, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 1314 and the problem of 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 · Jan 19, 2026
The Strait
What 48 per cent in Anchorage says about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jan 19, 2026
The Border
A humanitarian parole fight: the view from the border
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 · Jan 19, 2026
The Nine
In Little Rock, agency-deferral leftovers shadow-dockets the map
The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jan 19, 2026
The Alliance
The ugly week Washington improvises the Iran coalition
American statecraft on January 19, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jan 19, 2026
What 44 per cent in Sioux Falls says about the softwood file
Sophie Tremblay · Jan 18, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the Pentagon’s wish list
Amrita Shah · Jan 18, 2026