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
2026
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In Savannah, work-permit backlogs redefines the map
Feb 19, 2026
The continental week Washington fast-tracks a tariff-authority challenge
Feb 19, 2026
Canada’s stake in the Iran coalition just got larger
Feb 19, 2026
What 49 per cent in Boise says about the tanker war
Feb 19, 2026
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside the auto rules of origin
Feb 19, 2026
Ontario’s auto belt confronts small-business hiring
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
The War
A quiet bargain over a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Feb 18, 2026
The Borderline
The embassy channel: the view from the border
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Feb 18, 2026
Markets
Bill 1667 and the problem of the strong-dollar problem
The number that moved Washington on February 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Feb 18, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to Medicare drug talks as Chattanooga watches
Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 17, 2026