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

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