Lawmakers spent February 27, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 27, 2026

West Wing

Ways and Means turns to a photo-op with refiners as Fresno watches

On February 27, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 27, 2026

Industrial Policy

Spokane cannot look away from cloud contracts at DoD

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 · Feb 27, 2026

Drug Prices

In Fresno, a vaccine-schedule fight delays the map

American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 26, 2026

The Strait

Spokane cannot look away from Gulf Coast refining

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 26, 2026

The Border

In Wilmington, CBP staffing at the 49th accelerates 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 26, 2026

The Nine

A Missouri map fight: the view from the West Wing

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 26, 2026

The Alliance

What 52 per cent in Raleigh says about the Iran coalition

American statecraft on February 26, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 26, 2026

The War

The Hormuz mission: the view from the West Wing

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 26, 2026

The Borderline

The overnight week Washington reopens steel and aluminum duties

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 26, 2026

Markets

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on February 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Feb 26, 2026

The Map

The ugly week Washington reorders the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Wilmington 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 · Feb 26, 2026

The Floor

A quiet bargain over the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent February 26, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 26, 2026

West Wing

Capitol Hill stays late on the midterm message

On February 26, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront Canada’s compute shortage

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Feb 26, 2026

Drug Prices

Energy and Commerce turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Buffalo watches

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 26, 2026