The number that moved Washington on February 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 20, 2026

The Map

An overnight bargain over a Senate toss-up

From Raleigh 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 20, 2026

The Floor

A dangerous bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent February 20, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 20, 2026

West Wing

The partisan week Washington sidelines a West Wing shake-up

On February 20, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 20, 2026

Industrial Policy

Washington stays late on 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

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