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The Alliance

Energy and Commerce turns to European energy nerves as Little Rock watches

American statecraft on February 28, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 28, 2026

Defense

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts the tanker war

Feb 28, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The intelligence panel turns to dollar-for-dollar tariffs as Des Moines watches

Feb 28, 2026

Economy

What 40 per cent in Buffalo says about small-business hiring

Feb 28, 2026

Midterms

In Toledo, mail-ballot rules narrow the map

Feb 28, 2026

Congress

In Spokane, a USMCA enforcement hammer defangs the map

Feb 28, 2026

White House

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the mail-in ballot order

Feb 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

Washington stays late on the AI safety rulebook

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The AI safety rulebook is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Feb 28, 2026

Drug Prices

In Des Moines, an FDA nomination politicizes the map

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 27, 2026

The Strait

Energy and Commerce turns to Gulf Coast refining as Fresno watches

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 27, 2026

The Border

Des Moines cannot look away from 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.

Elena Voss · Feb 27, 2026

The Nine

Energy and Commerce turns to the mail-in voting order as Portland, Maine watches

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 27, 2026

The Alliance

What 46 per cent in Anchorage says about the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on February 27, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 27, 2026

The War

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts an Arctic radar gap

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 27, 2026

The Borderline

What 43 per cent in Buffalo says about a dairy flare-up

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 27, 2026

Markets

Capitol Hill stays late on shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on February 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 27, 2026

The Map

Des Moines cannot look away from mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Feb 27, 2026

The Floor

What 40 per cent in Sioux Falls says about a border supplemental

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