The number that moved Washington on February 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Feb 26, 2026

The Map

The ugly week Washington reorders the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 26, 2026

The Floor

A quiet bargain over the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent February 26, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 26, 2026

West Wing

Capitol Hill stays late on the midterm message

On February 26, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront 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 26, 2026

Drug Prices

Energy and Commerce turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Buffalo watches

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 26, 2026

The Strait

Canadian heavy crude: the view from the West Wing

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 25, 2026

The Border

Bill 1756 and the problem of 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 25, 2026

The Nine

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 25, 2026

The Alliance

The partisan week Washington splits the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on February 25, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 25, 2026

The War

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

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 25, 2026

The Borderline

The embassy channel: the view from the West Wing

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 25, 2026

Markets

Small-business hiring: the view from K Street

The number that moved Washington on February 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 25, 2026

The Map

The ground game in Pennsylvania: the view from the border

From Sioux Falls to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 25, 2026

The Floor

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent February 25, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 25, 2026

West Wing

What 48 per cent in Anchorage says about the midterm message

On February 25, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 25, 2026