The number that moved Washington on February 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 2, 2026

The Map

In Little Rock, the House battleground narrows the map

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

Elena Voss · Feb 1, 2026

The Floor

A USMCA enforcement hammer: the view from the border

Lawmakers spent February 1, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 1, 2026

West Wing

Bill 1472 and the problem of a sudden pardon rumour

On February 1, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 1, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 1471 and the problem of 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 1, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 1470 and the problem of a vaccine-schedule fight

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 1, 2026

The Strait

Langley stays late on a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 1, 2026

The Border

What 48 per cent in Omaha says about student-visa friction

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 1, 2026

The Nine

Raleigh cannot look away from 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 1, 2026

The Alliance

In Tucson, Gulf shipping insurance recalculates the map

American statecraft on February 1, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 1, 2026

The War

The intelligence panel turns to the Canada spending file as Allentown watches

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 1, 2026

The Borderline

In Allentown, steel and aluminum duties rewrites the map

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 1, 2026

Markets

The border supplemental hiding inside shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on February 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 1, 2026

The Map

The last-minute week Washington freezes a Senate toss-up

From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jan 31, 2026

The Floor

An expensive bargain over a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent January 31, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jan 31, 2026

West Wing

A quiet bargain over Canada as a foil

On January 31, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jan 31, 2026