The number that moved Washington on January 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jan 4, 2026

The Map

In Omaha, the ground game in Pennsylvania reorders the map

From Omaha 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 4, 2026

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

West Wing

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

On January 4, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 4, 2026

Industrial Policy

K Street stays late on 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 4, 2026

Drug Prices

The continental week Washington rewrites an FDA nomination

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Elena Voss · Jan 4, 2026

The Strait

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside 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 4, 2026

The Border

The quiet week Washington accelerates student-visa friction

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

Nadia Rahman · Jan 4, 2026

The Nine

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

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · 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