Dr. Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, declined to commit to opposing cuts to Medicaid, a government program that provides health care coverage to millions of Americans and that Republicans are eyeing for steep cuts.

Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly” underpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes in recent years, according to a memo by Democratic staff on the Senate Finance Committee seen by Bloomberg News.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate nominated by President Donald Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, is expected to field questions on Friday on industry ties that could create conflicts of interest.

President Donald Trump's choice to be U.S. ambassador to Canada on Thursday said that America’s northern neighbor is a sovereign state, showing some daylight with Trump on the issue. The president has insisted that Canada would be better off as the United States' newest member.

Worsening relations with three of the United States’ biggest trading partners dominated a Senate hearing for the would-be U.S. ambassadors to Canada, Mexico and Japan.

President Donald Trump continued to belittle Canada and threaten it with joining the United States as the economic war with the country continued.