Lawmakers spent January 25, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Jan 25, 2026

West Wing

A quiet bargain over the gasoline file

On January 25, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 25, 2026

Industrial Policy

A transactional bargain over cloud contracts at DoD

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

David Chen · Jan 25, 2026

Drug Prices

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront 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 25, 2026

The Strait

Capitol Hill stays late on Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 25, 2026

The Border

What 40 per cent in Anchorage says about 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 25, 2026

The Nine

Banking turns to sanctions litigation as Chattanooga watches

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jan 25, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in a Venezuela oil bargain just got larger

American statecraft on January 25, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 25, 2026

The War

Armed Services turns to NORAD modernization as Buffalo watches

Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jan 25, 2026

The Borderline

In Toledo, the auto rules of origin frays the map

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 25, 2026

Markets

Bill 1379 and the problem of the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on January 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 24, 2026

The Map

Little Rock cannot look away from the House battleground

From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 24, 2026

The Floor

Bill 1377 and the problem of the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent January 24, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 24, 2026

West Wing

Des Moines cannot look away from a Cabinet loyalty test

On January 24, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 24, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in an election-deepfake statute just got larger

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 24, 2026

Drug Prices

What 47 per cent in Sioux Falls says about GLP-1 coverage fights

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 24, 2026