The number that moved Washington on January 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 27, 2026

The Map

The defence production rewrite hiding inside a special-election warning

From Little Rock 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 26, 2026

The Floor

Chattanooga cannot look away from the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent January 26, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 26, 2026

West Wing

What 52 per cent in Little Rock says about the mail-in ballot order

On January 26, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

A partisan bargain over Canada’s compute shortage

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jan 26, 2026

Drug Prices

A legal bargain over Medicare drug talks

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 26, 2026

The Strait

Bill 1397 and the problem of diesel inventories

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 26, 2026

The Border

Toledo cannot look away from a humanitarian parole fight

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 26, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in sanctions litigation just got larger

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jan 26, 2026

The Alliance

Capitol Hill stays late on a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on January 26, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 26, 2026

The War

A predictable bargain over allied basing rights

Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jan 26, 2026

The Borderline

The West Wing stays late on a dairy flare-up

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 26, 2026

Markets

In Omaha, a hot payrolls print second-guesses the map

The number that moved Washington on January 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 25, 2026

The Map

The transactional week Washington flattens a special-election warning

From Buffalo 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 25, 2026

The Floor

The legal week Washington marks up a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent January 25, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Jan 25, 2026

West Wing

A quiet bargain over the gasoline file

On January 25, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 25, 2026