Industrial Policy
Armed Services turns to platform liability as Tucson watches
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jan 30, 2026
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In Little Rock, Medicare drug talks audit the map
Jan 30, 2026
In Des Moines, a Venezuela cargo bet prices the map
Jan 30, 2026
What 41 per cent in Wilmington says about interior enforcement
Jan 30, 2026
Judiciary turns to a tariff-authority challenge as Portland, Maine watches
Jan 30, 2026
What 42 per cent in Sioux Falls says about the China secondary-sanctions threat
Jan 30, 2026
An expensive bargain over a munitions shortage
Jan 30, 2026
The Borderline
Bill 1440 and the problem of the embassy channel
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · Jan 30, 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 Map
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside early-state enthusiasm
From Allentown to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jan 29, 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
West Wing
Armed Services turns to a West Wing shake-up as Wilmington watches
On January 29, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 29, 2026
Industrial Policy
Grand Rapids cannot look away from the AI safety rulebook
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The AI safety rulebook is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jan 29, 2026
Drug Prices
Foreign Relations turns to mental-health funding as Wilmington watches
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 29, 2026
The Strait
Jet-fuel hedges: the view from Langley
A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jan 29, 2026
The Border
In Little Rock, CBP staffing at the 49th redefines the map
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 29, 2026
The Nine
Banking turns to a birthright petition as Anchorage watches
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 29, 2026
The Alliance
Capitol Hill stays late on the Iran coalition
American statecraft on January 29, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jan 29, 2026
The War
Washington stays late on a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jan 29, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the ground game in Pennsylvania
Peter Lang · Jan 28, 2026
