The number that moved Washington on February 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 12, 2026

The Map

In Tucson, the House battleground haunts the map

From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 12, 2026

The Floor

Foggy Bottom stays late on an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent February 12, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · Feb 12, 2026

West Wing

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

On February 11, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 11, 2026

Industrial Policy

Allentown cannot look away from 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 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