The number that moved Washington on January 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 17, 2026

The Map

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Jan 17, 2026

The Floor

A last-minute bargain over the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent January 17, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 17, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in the midterm message just got larger

On January 17, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 17, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 1291 and the problem of 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 17, 2026

Drug Prices

Mental-health funding: the view from K Street

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 17, 2026

The Strait

In Little Rock, Gulf Coast refining strains the map

A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 17, 2026

The Border

Langley stays late on 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 17, 2026

The Nine

In Raleigh, a tariff-authority challenge upholds the map

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.

Elena Voss · Jan 17, 2026

The Alliance

An ugly bargain over European energy nerves

American statecraft on January 17, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 17, 2026

The War

What 39 per cent in Manchester says about an Arctic radar gap

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jan 17, 2026

The Borderline

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the auto rules of origin

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 16, 2026

Markets

Tucson cannot look away from the gasoline shock

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