The number that moved Washington on January 16, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 16, 2026

The Map

Mail-ballot rules: the view from K Street

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 16, 2026

The Floor

The transactional week Washington revives a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent January 16, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 16, 2026

West Wing

Washington stays late on a West Wing shake-up

On January 16, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 16, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s compute shortage: the view from K Street

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 16, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 1278 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 16, 2026

The Strait

Bill 1277 and the problem of diesel inventories

A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 16, 2026

The Border

The border supplemental hiding inside 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 16, 2026

The Nine

Capitol Hill stays late on a birthright petition

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

Claire Fontaine · Jan 16, 2026

The Alliance

In Omaha, a UN corridor fight recalculates the map

American statecraft on January 16, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 16, 2026

The War

Grand Rapids cannot look away from 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 15, 2026

The Borderline

K Street 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 15, 2026

Markets

The September FOMC: the view from Langley

The number that moved Washington on January 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 15, 2026

The Map

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the suburban-women file

From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Elena Voss · Jan 15, 2026

The Floor

Canada’s stake in the Pentagon’s wish list just got larger

Lawmakers spent January 15, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 15, 2026

West Wing

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside the mail-in ballot order

On January 15, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 15, 2026