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Markets

The September FOMC: the view from Langley

The number that moved Washington on January 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 15, 2026

Midterms

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the suburban-women file

Jan 15, 2026

Congress

Canada’s stake in the Pentagon’s wish list just got larger

Jan 15, 2026

White House

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside the mail-in ballot order

Jan 15, 2026

Technology

Washington stays late on an election-deepfake statute

Jan 15, 2026

Health

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside cross-border drug runs

Jan 15, 2026

Energy

Judiciary turns to Canadian heavy crude as Sioux Falls watches

Jan 15, 2026

The Border

Spokane cannot look away from interior enforcement

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

Nadia Rahman · Jan 15, 2026

The Nine

Boise cannot look away from sanctions litigation

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 15, 2026

The Alliance

The legal week Washington recalculates European energy nerves

American statecraft on January 15, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 15, 2026

The War

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront NORAD modernization

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

Marcus Hale · Jan 14, 2026

The Borderline

Cross-border data rules: the view from Foggy Bottom

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

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 14, 2026

Markets

Ways and Means turns to a hot payrolls print as Boise watches

The number that moved Washington on January 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 14, 2026

The Map

Anchorage cannot look away from mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Jan 14, 2026

The Floor

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent January 14, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 14, 2026

West Wing

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Iran endgame

On January 14, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 14, 2026

Industrial Policy

Energy and Commerce turns to cloud contracts at DoD as Toledo watches

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 14, 2026

Drug Prices

Ontario’s auto belt confronts 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.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jan 14, 2026

The Strait

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: the view from Foggy Bottom

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.

Elena Voss · Jan 14, 2026

The Border

The legal week Washington reroutes a Safe Third Country strain

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Jan 14, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in an emergency war-powers case just got larger

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 14, 2026

The Alliance

The Iran coalition: the view from the West Wing

American statecraft on January 14, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jan 14, 2026

The War

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside allied basing rights

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

Marcus Hale · Jan 13, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in dollar-for-dollar tariffs just got larger

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — dollar-for-dollar tariffs, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Jan 13, 2026