Carney travelled to Washington for what he has said will be the first in a series of discussions on tariffs, military cooperation and other issues.

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.

When President Donald Trump welcomes his new Canadian counterpart to the White House on Tuesday, among the questions looming over their Oval Office encounter will be whether Trump will agree to attend a major summit Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting next month in Alberta.

Mark Carney has made it through his first Oval Office appearance with Donald Trump. If Canadians were worried about a "Zelenskyy moment" of confrontation, that didn't happen. A few awkward moments, but all things considered it went smoothly.

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting at the White House. The meeting is the first since Carney became prime minister. Relations between the U.S. and Canada have been at a historic low due to Trump’s taunting of the country and imposition of tariffs.

“Just another world leader coming to visit. One of many,” said one White House official about the one-on-one with Mark Carney. “No bells and whistles for the new guy,” another White House ...