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The War

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz mission just got larger

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 13, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the USMCA review

Feb 13, 2026

Economy

Langley stays late on credit-card delinquencies

Feb 13, 2026

Midterms

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the ground game in Pennsylvania

Feb 13, 2026

Congress

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the Pentagon’s wish list

Feb 13, 2026

White House

Bill 1604 and the problem of the midterm message

Feb 12, 2026

Technology

An overnight bargain over cloud contracts at DoD

Feb 12, 2026

Drug Prices

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts 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 12, 2026

The Strait

Alberta’s oil patch confronts 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 12, 2026

The Border

A dangerous bargain over CBP staffing at the 49th

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Feb 12, 2026

The Nine

In Des Moines, an emergency war-powers case shadow-dockets the map

The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 12, 2026

The Alliance

The ugly week Washington recalculates Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on February 12, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 12, 2026

The War

What 41 per cent in Anchorage says about 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 12, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 1596 and the problem of the embassy channel

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 12, 2026

Markets

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on February 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 12, 2026

The Map

In Tucson, the House battleground haunts the map

From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 12, 2026

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

West Wing

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

On February 11, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 11, 2026

Industrial Policy

Allentown cannot look away from Canada’s compute shortage

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 11, 2026

Drug Prices

Foggy Bottom stays late on Medicare drug talks

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 11, 2026

The Strait

Capitol Hill stays late on 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 11, 2026

The Border

Judiciary turns to asylum clock rules as Des Moines watches

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

Nadia Rahman · Feb 11, 2026

The Nine

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

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

Claire Fontaine · 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