The War
Foreign Relations turns to allied basing rights as Chattanooga watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Feb 15, 2026
2026
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A last-minute bargain over the embassy channel
Feb 15, 2026
Bill 1631 and the problem of small-business hiring
Feb 15, 2026
A last-minute bargain over the suburban-women vote
Feb 15, 2026
Fresno cannot look away from the debt-limit shadow play
Feb 15, 2026
In Fresno, the mail-in ballot order signals the map
Feb 14, 2026
The overnight week Washington weaponizes the TikTok residual
Feb 14, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 1626 and the problem of 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 · Feb 14, 2026
The Strait
Washington stays late on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Feb 14, 2026
The Border
In Manchester, CBP staffing at the 49th miscounts 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 · Feb 14, 2026
The Nine
Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Feb 14, 2026
The Alliance
Bill 1622 and the problem of a Venezuela oil bargain
American statecraft on February 14, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Feb 14, 2026
The War
In Toledo, the Hormuz mission strains the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Feb 14, 2026
The Borderline
Dollar-for-dollar tariffs: the view from the West Wing
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 · Feb 14, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger
The number that moved Washington on February 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Feb 14, 2026
The Map
The intelligence panel turns to early-state enthusiasm as Buffalo watches
From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Feb 14, 2026
The Floor
K Street stays late on the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent February 14, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Feb 14, 2026
West Wing
A sudden pardon rumour: the view from K Street
On February 13, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Feb 13, 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 · Feb 13, 2026
