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The War

NORAD modernization: the view from Capitol Hill

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 20, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Energy and Commerce turns to the USMCA review as Fresno watches

Feb 20, 2026

Economy

The dangerous week Washington cools shelter inflation

Feb 20, 2026

Midterms

An overnight bargain over a Senate toss-up

Feb 20, 2026

Congress

A dangerous bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list

Feb 20, 2026

White House

The partisan week Washington sidelines a West Wing shake-up

Feb 20, 2026

Technology

Washington stays late on platform liability

Feb 19, 2026

Drug Prices

A vaccine-schedule fight: the view from Foggy Bottom

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 19, 2026

The Strait

Allentown cannot look away from diesel inventories

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 19, 2026

The Border

In Savannah, work-permit backlogs redefines the map

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Feb 19, 2026

The Nine

The continental week Washington fast-tracks a tariff-authority challenge

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 19, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in the Iran coalition just got larger

American statecraft on February 19, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 19, 2026

The War

What 49 per cent in Boise says about the tanker war

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 19, 2026

The Borderline

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside the auto rules of origin

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 19, 2026

Markets

Ontario’s auto belt confronts small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on February 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 19, 2026

The Map

Langley stays late on a special-election warning

From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Elena Voss · Feb 19, 2026

The Floor

Armed Services turns to the farm bill leftovers as Raleigh watches

Lawmakers spent February 19, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 19, 2026

West Wing

Foreign Relations turns to a late-night tariff threat as Chattanooga watches

On February 19, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 19, 2026

Industrial Policy

Fresno cannot look away from platform liability

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

David Chen · Feb 19, 2026

Drug Prices

Capitol Hill stays late on mental-health funding

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 18, 2026

The Strait

A winter-gas warning: the view from Foggy Bottom

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

Owen MacLeod · Feb 18, 2026

The Border

What 40 per cent in Buffalo says about a Safe Third Country strain

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Feb 18, 2026

The Nine

In Little Rock, a tariff-authority challenge narrows the map

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 18, 2026

The Alliance

An expensive bargain over the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on February 18, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 18, 2026