The number that moved Washington on January 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 6, 2026

The Map

An ugly bargain over the generic ballot

From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 6, 2026

The Floor

What 51 per cent in Portland, Maine says about the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent January 6, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 6, 2026

West Wing

Alberta’s oil patch confronts a West Wing shake-up

On January 6, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 6, 2026

Industrial Policy

Manchester cannot look away from platform liability

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 6, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 1158 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 6, 2026

The Strait

Bill 1157 and the problem of Gulf Coast refining

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 6, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in CBP staffing at the 49th just got larger

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 6, 2026

The Nine

Langley stays late on 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 6, 2026

The Alliance

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on January 5, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 5, 2026

The War

The Canada spending file: the view from the border

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jan 5, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the USMCA review just got larger

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 5, 2026

Markets

The September FOMC: the view from K Street

The number that moved Washington on January 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Jan 5, 2026

The Map

A Senate toss-up: the view from Foggy Bottom

From Toledo to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 5, 2026

The Floor

Washington stays late on the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent January 5, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 5, 2026

West Wing

In Buffalo, a photo-op with refiners sidelines the map

On January 5, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 5, 2026