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The Nine

In Wilmington, an emergency war-powers case narrows the map

The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jan 22, 2026

World

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside Mexico’s balancing act

Jan 22, 2026

Defense

In Portland, Maine, an Arctic radar gap widens the map

Jan 22, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Ways and Means turns to the embassy channel as Fresno watches

Jan 21, 2026

Economy

The ugly week Washington steadies the gasoline shock

Jan 21, 2026

Midterms

Langley stays late on a special-election warning

Jan 21, 2026

Congress

The farm bill leftovers: the view from Langley

Jan 21, 2026

West Wing

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a Cabinet loyalty test

On January 21, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 21, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 52 per cent in Manchester says about 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 21, 2026

Drug Prices

Chattanooga cannot look away from a fentanyl precursor case

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Elena Voss · Jan 21, 2026

The Strait

Toledo cannot look away from diesel inventories

A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jan 21, 2026

The Border

The transactional week Washington overloads asylum clock rules

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jan 21, 2026

The Nine

Washington stays late on a birthright petition

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 21, 2026

The Alliance

Ways and Means turns to a UN corridor fight as Portland, Maine watches

American statecraft on January 21, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 21, 2026

The War

Capitol Hill stays late on carrier-group math

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jan 21, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in the auto rules of origin just got larger

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 21, 2026

Markets

In Raleigh, small-business hiring steadies the map

The number that moved Washington on January 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 20, 2026

The Map

Early-state enthusiasm: the view from Capitol Hill

From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 20, 2026

The Floor

K Street stays late on the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent January 20, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 20, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in the Iran endgame just got larger

On January 20, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 20, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in the TikTok residual just got larger

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jan 20, 2026

Drug Prices

Allentown cannot look away from mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 20, 2026

The Strait

The predictable week Washington overpromises the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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

Owen MacLeod · Jan 20, 2026

The Border

Spokane cannot look away from CBP staffing at the 49th

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 20, 2026