The number that moved Washington on January 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 9, 2026

The Map

Bill 1198 and the problem of mail-ballot rules

From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 9, 2026

The Floor

Manchester cannot look away from a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent January 9, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 9, 2026

West Wing

K Street stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test

On January 9, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 9, 2026

Industrial Policy

K Street stays late on a chip-export tightening

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jan 9, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 1194 and the problem of an FDA nomination

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 9, 2026

The Strait

Homeland Security turns to a winter-gas warning as Boise watches

A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 9, 2026

The Border

A dangerous bargain over 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 9, 2026

The Nine

In Wilmington, a birthright petition narrows the map

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 9, 2026

The Alliance

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on January 8, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 8, 2026

The War

What 42 per cent in Des Moines says about 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 8, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger

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.

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 8, 2026

Markets

The continental week Washington front-runs the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on January 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 8, 2026

The Map

In Raleigh, a Senate toss-up reorders the map

From Raleigh 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 8, 2026

The Floor

What 38 per cent in Anchorage says about a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent January 8, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Jan 8, 2026

West Wing

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts Washington’s foil

On January 8, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 8, 2026

Industrial Policy

The an AI liability bill hiding inside an election-deepfake statute

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jan 8, 2026