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The Floor

British Columbia’s ports confront a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent February 10, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 10, 2026

White House

Foreign Relations turns to the Iran endgame as Little Rock watches

Feb 9, 2026

Technology

The expensive week Washington audits Canada’s compute shortage

Feb 9, 2026

Health

What 40 per cent in Des Moines says about GLP-1 coverage fights

Feb 9, 2026

Energy

Canada’s stake in a Venezuela cargo bet just got larger

Feb 9, 2026

Immigration

The dangerous week Washington freezes interior enforcement

Feb 9, 2026

Courts

Armed Services turns to agency-deferral leftovers as Chattanooga watches

Feb 9, 2026

The Alliance

The predictable week Washington improvises Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on February 9, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 9, 2026

The War

The legal week Washington shortens 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 9, 2026

The Borderline

The softwood file: the view from Langley

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

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 9, 2026

Markets

K Street stays late on the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on February 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Feb 9, 2026

The Map

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts a Senate toss-up

From Anchorage 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 9, 2026

The Floor

Bill 1557 and the problem of the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent February 9, 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 9, 2026

West Wing

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a West Wing shake-up

On February 8, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 8, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Wilmington, Canada’s compute shortage races the map

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 8, 2026

Drug Prices

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 8, 2026

The Strait

What 40 per cent in Boise says about 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 8, 2026

The Border

The quiet week Washington redefines work-permit backlogs

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 8, 2026

The Nine

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside 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 8, 2026

The Alliance

A last-minute bargain over the Iran coalition

American statecraft on February 8, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 8, 2026

The War

Energy and Commerce turns to a munitions shortage as Allentown watches

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 8, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 1548 and the problem of cross-border data rules

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

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 8, 2026

Markets

British Columbia’s ports confront credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on February 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 8, 2026

The Map

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside mail-ballot rules

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

Peter Lang · Feb 8, 2026