The War
What 41 per cent in Anchorage says about the Hormuz mission
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Feb 12, 2026
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Bill 1596 and the problem of the embassy channel
Feb 12, 2026
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside shelter inflation
Feb 12, 2026
In Tucson, the House battleground haunts the map
Feb 12, 2026
Foggy Bottom stays late on an emergency war authorization
Feb 12, 2026
Canada’s stake in a late-night tariff threat just got larger
Feb 11, 2026
Allentown cannot look away from Canada’s compute shortage
Feb 11, 2026
Drug Prices
Foggy Bottom stays late on Medicare drug talks
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 11, 2026
The Strait
Capitol Hill stays late on diesel inventories
A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Feb 11, 2026
The Border
Judiciary turns to asylum clock rules as Des Moines watches
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Feb 11, 2026
The Nine
What 47 per cent in Fresno says about a Missouri map fight
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 11, 2026
The Alliance
The unfinished week Washington splits the China secondary-sanctions threat
American statecraft on February 11, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Feb 11, 2026
The War
Canada’s stake in a munitions shortage just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Feb 11, 2026
The Borderline
The intelligence panel turns to the USMCA review as Boise watches
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 · Feb 11, 2026
Markets
Bill 1583 and the problem of the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on February 11, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Feb 11, 2026
The Map
Bill 1582 and the problem of a Senate toss-up
From Savannah to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Feb 11, 2026
The Floor
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent February 11, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Feb 11, 2026
West Wing
What 38 per cent in Boise says about a photo-op with refiners
On February 10, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Feb 10, 2026
Industrial Policy
The TikTok residual: the view from the border
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 10, 2026
The an AI liability bill hiding inside a fentanyl precursor case
Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 10, 2026
What 46 per cent in Green Bay says about agency-deferral leftovers
Claire Fontaine · Feb 10, 2026
