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The Nine

Capitol Hill stays late on an emergency war-powers case

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 · Feb 23, 2026

World

The border supplemental hiding inside Mexico’s balancing act

Feb 23, 2026

Defense

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts allied basing rights

Feb 23, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the embassy channel

Feb 23, 2026

Economy

A legal bargain over the gasoline shock

Feb 23, 2026

Midterms

K Street stays late on a Senate toss-up

Feb 23, 2026

Congress

A legal bargain over a USMCA enforcement hammer

Feb 23, 2026

West Wing

British Columbia’s ports confront a photo-op with refiners

On February 23, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 23, 2026

Industrial Policy

Cloud contracts at DoD: the view from K Street

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 23, 2026

Drug Prices

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 22, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz risk premium just got larger

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 22, 2026

The Border

A predictable bargain over 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 · Feb 22, 2026

The Nine

What 42 per cent in Grand Rapids says about agency-deferral leftovers

The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 22, 2026

The Alliance

Bill 1718 and the problem of a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on February 22, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 22, 2026

The War

Allied basing rights: the view from Capitol Hill

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 22, 2026

The Borderline

Spokane cannot look away from 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 · Feb 22, 2026

Markets

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on February 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 22, 2026

The Map

Ontario’s auto belt confronts mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Feb 22, 2026

The Floor

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent February 22, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 22, 2026

West Wing

Bill 1712 and the problem of the Iran endgame

On February 22, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Feb 22, 2026

Industrial Policy

Judiciary turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Buffalo watches

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 22, 2026

Drug Prices

Fresno cannot look away from hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 21, 2026

The Strait

K Street stays late on Canadian heavy crude

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

Owen MacLeod · Feb 21, 2026

The Border

In Tucson, student-visa friction exports the map

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

Nadia Rahman · Feb 21, 2026