The War
In Buffalo, a munitions shortage accelerates the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jan 3, 2026
2026
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The expensive week Washington isolates the USMCA review
Jan 3, 2026
What 47 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the gasoline shock
Jan 3, 2026
Judiciary turns to a special-election warning as Allentown watches
Jan 3, 2026
An unfinished bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list
Jan 3, 2026
Canada’s stake in Washington’s foil just got larger
Jan 3, 2026
What 49 per cent in Spokane says about an election-deepfake statute
Jan 3, 2026
Drug Prices
The overnight week Washington delays a vaccine-schedule fight
American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 3, 2026
The Strait
The predictable week Washington overpromises the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jan 3, 2026
The Border
The expensive week Washington reroutes work-permit backlogs
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jan 3, 2026
The Nine
The transactional week Washington narrows 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 2, 2026
The Alliance
Canada’s stake in the Iran coalition just got larger
American statecraft on January 2, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jan 2, 2026
The War
The Canada spending file: the view from K Street
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Jan 2, 2026
The Borderline
Bill 1116 and the problem of 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 · Jan 2, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in the strong-dollar problem just got larger
The number that moved Washington on January 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 2, 2026
The Map
What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about the suburban-women vote
From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jan 2, 2026
The Floor
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent January 2, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 2, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in a Cabinet loyalty test just got larger
On January 2, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 2, 2026
Industrial Policy
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the TikTok residual
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jan 2, 2026
What 42 per cent in Anchorage says about GLP-1 coverage fights
Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 2, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to the Iran coalition as Manchester watches
Lila Okada · Jan 1, 2026