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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

White House

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

Feb 11, 2026

Technology

Allentown cannot look away from Canada’s compute shortage

Feb 11, 2026

Health

Foggy Bottom stays late on Medicare drug talks

Feb 11, 2026

Energy

Capitol Hill stays late on diesel inventories

Feb 11, 2026

Immigration

Judiciary turns to asylum clock rules as Des Moines watches

Feb 11, 2026

Courts

What 47 per cent in Fresno says about a Missouri map fight

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

Industrial Policy

The TikTok residual: the view from the border

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

David Chen · Feb 10, 2026

Drug Prices

The an AI liability bill hiding inside a fentanyl precursor case

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 10, 2026

The Strait

Bill 1577 and the problem of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 10, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in the northern border narrative just got larger

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

Elena Voss · Feb 10, 2026

The Nine

What 46 per cent in Green Bay 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 10, 2026

The Alliance

The Iran coalition: the view from the border

American statecraft on February 10, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 10, 2026

The War

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the Hormuz mission

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 10, 2026

The Borderline

Foggy Bottom stays late on 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 10, 2026

Markets

Bill 1571 and the problem of a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on February 10, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 10, 2026

The Map

Bill 1570 and the problem of early-state enthusiasm

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 10, 2026