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The Nine

The unfinished week Washington upholds 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.

Elena Voss · Feb 3, 2026

World

What 40 per cent in Allentown says about Mexico’s balancing act

Feb 3, 2026

Defense

Energy and Commerce turns to the Canada spending file as Manchester watches

Feb 3, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The predictable week Washington frays steel and aluminum duties

Feb 3, 2026

Economy

What 49 per cent in Allentown says about the strong-dollar problem

Feb 3, 2026

Midterms

The House battleground: the view from K Street

Feb 3, 2026

Congress

The transactional week Washington loads the Pentagon’s wish list

Feb 2, 2026

West Wing

Bill 1484 and the problem of the Iran endgame

On February 2, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 2, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Tucson, platform liability regulates the map

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 2, 2026

Drug Prices

Portland, Maine cannot look away from an FDA nomination

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 2, 2026

The Strait

Gulf Coast refining: the view from Foggy Bottom

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 2, 2026

The Border

In Savannah, work-permit backlogs reroutes 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 2, 2026

The Nine

Armed Services turns to a birthright petition as Green Bay watches

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 2, 2026

The Alliance

Green Bay cannot look away from Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on February 2, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 2, 2026

The War

Bill 1477 and the problem of 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 2, 2026

The Borderline

An overnight bargain over steel and aluminum duties

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

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 2, 2026

Markets

What 52 per cent in Savannah says about the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on February 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 2, 2026

The Map

In Little Rock, the House battleground narrows the map

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

Elena Voss · Feb 1, 2026

The Floor

A USMCA enforcement hammer: the view from the border

Lawmakers spent February 1, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 1, 2026

West Wing

Bill 1472 and the problem of a sudden pardon rumour

On February 1, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 1, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 1471 and the problem of 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 1, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 1470 and the problem of a vaccine-schedule fight

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 1, 2026

The Strait

Langley stays late on 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 1, 2026

The Border

What 48 per cent in Omaha says about student-visa friction

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

Nadia Rahman · Feb 1, 2026