The number that moved Washington on January 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 28, 2026

The Map

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 28, 2026

The Floor

Alberta’s oil patch confronts the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent January 28, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 28, 2026

West Wing

Portland, Maine cannot look away from the midterm message

On January 28, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Portland, Maine, cloud contracts at DoD split the map

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

Elena Voss · Jan 28, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in hospital staffing just got larger

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 28, 2026

The Strait

Foreign Relations turns to a winter-gas warning as Green Bay watches

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 28, 2026

The Border

What 51 per cent in Fresno says about the northern border narrative

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jan 28, 2026

The Nine

What 42 per cent in Buffalo says about a tariff-authority challenge

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jan 28, 2026

The Alliance

What 47 per cent in Omaha says about the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on January 28, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 28, 2026

The War

A partisan bargain over 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 28, 2026

The Borderline

K Street stays late on 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 28, 2026

Markets

What 47 per cent in Anchorage says about credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on January 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 28, 2026

The Map

Bill 1414 and the problem of a special-election warning

From Anchorage 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 27, 2026

The Floor

An emergency war authorization: the view from Capitol Hill

Lawmakers spent January 27, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 27, 2026

West Wing

British Columbia’s ports confront a photo-op with refiners

On January 27, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 27, 2026