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Markets

The unfinished week Washington cools credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on February 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 7, 2026

Congress

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

Feb 6, 2026

White House

Capitol Hill stays late on Canada as a foil

Feb 6, 2026

Economy

The dangerous week Washington second-guesses the September FOMC

Feb 6, 2026

Midterms

The continental week Washington scrambles a Senate toss-up

Feb 6, 2026

Economy

Canada’s stake in the gasoline shock just got larger

Feb 5, 2026

Economy

The last-minute week Washington unsettles shelter inflation

Feb 4, 2026

Markets

What 49 per cent in Allentown says about the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on February 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 3, 2026

Markets

What 52 per cent in Savannah says about the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on February 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 2, 2026

Markets

The border supplemental hiding inside shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on February 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 1, 2026

Markets

Bill 1451 and the problem of the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on January 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 31, 2026

Markets

What 52 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on January 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 30, 2026

The Floor

Bill 1437 and the problem of the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent January 29, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 29, 2026

Markets

Capitol Hill stays late on the gasoline shock

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

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

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

Markets

Bill 1403 and the problem of credit-card delinquencies

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 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

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

Markets

Bill 1379 and the problem of the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on January 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 24, 2026

The Floor

Bill 1377 and the problem of the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent January 24, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 24, 2026

Drug Prices

What 47 per cent in Sioux Falls 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 24, 2026