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The Floor

Green Bay cannot look away from a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent January 4, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 4, 2026

White House

Canada’s stake in a late-night tariff threat just got larger

Jan 4, 2026

Technology

K Street stays late on an election-deepfake statute

Jan 4, 2026

Health

The continental week Washington rewrites an FDA nomination

Jan 4, 2026

Energy

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the Hormuz risk premium

Jan 4, 2026

Immigration

The quiet week Washington accelerates student-visa friction

Jan 4, 2026

Courts

What 47 per cent in Anchorage says about the classified-documents fight

Jan 4, 2026

The Alliance

Portland, Maine cannot look away from Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on January 3, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 3, 2026

The War

In Buffalo, a munitions shortage accelerates the map

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jan 3, 2026

The Borderline

The expensive week Washington isolates the USMCA review

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 3, 2026

Markets

What 47 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on January 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 3, 2026

The Map

Judiciary turns to a special-election warning as Allentown watches

From Allentown 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 3, 2026

The Floor

An unfinished bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent January 3, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 3, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in Washington’s foil just got larger

On January 3, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 3, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 49 per cent in Spokane says about 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 3, 2026

Drug Prices

The overnight week Washington delays 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 3, 2026

The Strait

The predictable week Washington overpromises the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 3, 2026

The Border

The expensive week Washington reroutes work-permit backlogs

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jan 3, 2026

The Nine

The transactional week Washington narrows the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jan 2, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in the Iran coalition just got larger

American statecraft on January 2, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 2, 2026

The War

The Canada spending file: the view from K Street

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

Elena Voss · Jan 2, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 1116 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.

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 2, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in the strong-dollar problem just got larger

The number that moved Washington on January 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 2, 2026

The Map

What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about the suburban-women vote

From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 2, 2026