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The Floor

In Des Moines, the farm bill leftovers fast-tracks the map

Lawmakers spent February 7, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 7, 2026

White House

Canada’s stake in Washington’s foil just got larger

Feb 7, 2026

Technology

Toledo cannot look away from platform liability

Feb 7, 2026

Health

What 43 per cent in Manchester says about a vaccine-schedule fight

Feb 7, 2026

Energy

The defence production rewrite hiding inside Gulf Coast refining

Feb 7, 2026

Immigration

The an AI liability bill hiding inside student-visa friction

Feb 7, 2026

Courts

In Anchorage, the classified-documents fight rewrites the map

Feb 7, 2026

The Alliance

The intelligence panel turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Anchorage watches

American statecraft on February 7, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 7, 2026

The War

The Canada spending file: the view from Capitol Hill

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 7, 2026

The Borderline

Homeland Security turns to cross-border data rules as Spokane watches

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 7, 2026

Markets

The unfinished week Washington cools credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on February 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 7, 2026

The Map

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the suburban-women file

From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 7, 2026

The Floor

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent February 6, 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 6, 2026

West Wing

Capitol Hill stays late on Canada as a foil

On February 6, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 6, 2026

Industrial Policy

An expensive bargain over data-centre water fights

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Feb 6, 2026

Drug Prices

K Street stays late on GLP-1 coverage fights

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 6, 2026

The Strait

The legal week Washington reroutes 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 6, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in interior enforcement just got larger

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

Nadia Rahman · Feb 6, 2026

The Nine

In Anchorage, a birthright petition upholds the map

The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 6, 2026

The Alliance

Toledo cannot look away from the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on February 6, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 6, 2026

The War

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the Hormuz mission

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

Elena Voss · Feb 6, 2026

The Borderline

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 6, 2026

Markets

The dangerous week Washington second-guesses the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on February 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 6, 2026

The Map

The continental week Washington scrambles a Senate toss-up

From Des Moines 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 6, 2026