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 Borderline

The embassy channel: the view from Capitol Hill

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 29, 2026

Markets

Capitol Hill stays late on the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on January 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 28, 2026

The Map

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 28, 2026

The Floor

Alberta’s oil patch confronts the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent January 28, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 28, 2026

West Wing

Portland, Maine cannot look away from the midterm message

On January 28, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Portland, Maine, cloud contracts at DoD split the map

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

Elena Voss · Jan 28, 2026