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
2026
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What 41 per cent in Toledo says about the strong-dollar problem
Jan 19, 2026
Boise cannot look away from a Senate toss-up
Jan 19, 2026
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront an emergency war authorization
Jan 19, 2026
Bill 1316 and the problem of the gasoline file
Jan 19, 2026
What 40 per cent in Omaha says about cloud contracts at DoD
Jan 19, 2026
Bill 1314 and the problem of a fentanyl precursor case
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
The War
Canada’s stake in carrier-group math just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jan 19, 2026
The Borderline
What 44 per cent in Sioux Falls says about the softwood file
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jan 18, 2026
Markets
The gasoline shock: the view from the West Wing
The number that moved Washington on January 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 18, 2026
The Map
The quiet week Washington tilts a Senate toss-up
From Omaha 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 18, 2026
The Floor
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent January 18, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 18, 2026
West Wing
The gasoline file: the view from Foggy Bottom
On January 18, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Jan 18, 2026
Industrial Policy
Buffalo cannot look away from 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 18, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 1302 and the problem of 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 18, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to interior enforcement as Boise watches
Nadia Rahman · Jan 18, 2026
The intelligence panel turns to Mexico’s balancing act as Portland, Maine watches
Lila Okada · Jan 18, 2026
