The Canadian prime minister met with President Trump days after being elected on an anti-Trump platform as relations between the two allies are at a historic nadir.

Sparks flew on Capitol Hill, too, as the House Appropriations Committee began reviewing Trump’s budget blueprint for the year starting Oct. 1.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said emphatically Tuesday that Canada is "not for sale" and "won't be for sale, ever" in an Oval Office meeting with President Trump, moments after Mr. Trump called the border between the U.S. and Canada "artificial" and romanticized the idea of Canada joining the U.S.

Mark Carney, the new Canadian prime minister, was firm that Canada is “not for sale.” But he turned to flattery at times during an Oval Office meeting with Trump on Tuesday.

Here's a closer look at the facts. CLAIM: The U.S. subsidizes Canada with subsidies of about $200 billion per year. THE FACTS: This is false. According to the White House, the number is based on the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and higher military ...

On one side, there are the legitimate election results, embraced by leading democracies. On the other, there are Trump’s wealthy White House advisers.

The first meeting between Mark Carney as Canada’s elected prime minister and President Donald Trump could have gone better, but it was far from a disaster.

Trump has shattered a decades-old alliance by saying he wants to make Canada the 51st U.S. state and levying steep tariffs.