The number that moved Washington on January 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 2, 2026

The Map

What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about the suburban-women vote

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

Peter Lang · Jan 2, 2026

The Floor

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent January 2, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 2, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in a Cabinet loyalty test just got larger

On January 2, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 2, 2026

Industrial Policy

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the TikTok residual

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jan 2, 2026

Drug Prices

What 42 per cent in Anchorage says about GLP-1 coverage fights

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 2, 2026

The Strait

What 43 per cent in Fresno says about jet-fuel hedges

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

Owen MacLeod · Jan 2, 2026

The Border

Bill 1108 and the problem of CBP staffing at the 49th

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jan 2, 2026

The Nine

Boise cannot look away from 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 1, 2026

The Alliance

Foreign Relations turns to the Iran coalition as Manchester watches

American statecraft on January 1, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 1, 2026

The War

Bill 1105 and the problem of 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 1, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 1, 2026

Markets

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on January 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 1, 2026

The Map

Early-state enthusiasm: the view from the West Wing

From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 1, 2026

The Floor

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

Lawmakers spent January 1, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 1, 2026

West Wing

A legal bargain over a West Wing shake-up

On January 1, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Jan 1, 2026