WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles.

For this part, the Pentagon chief softened his tone from previous hearings on Capitol Hill in his opening remarks, which notably lacked criticism of lawmakers and outlined the Trump administration’s efforts to expand the military’s industrial base.

The powerful House and Senate subcommittees that oversee defense

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine have named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a .

is suspected in an alleged 460-million-hryvnia ($10.5 million) money-laundering scheme, the agencies announced late Monday.

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy met with the CEO of Palantir Technologies, part of Ukraine’s growing cooperation with the U.S. defense sector, as a three-day U.S.

TORONTO — Health experts say it’s not clear whether it’s useful to test people who may have been exposed to hantavirus but don’t have symptoms.

Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, says public health officials around the world are discussing the issue as passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship have returned to their home countries.

She says tests for some viruses aren’t effective before patients develop symptoms and little is known about how well testing works in rare cases of hantavirus

OTTAWA — As some Canadians claim that the federal government’s national census violates their privacy, a Liberal member of Parliament is calling on them to fill out their 2026 census forms for the good of their communities.

Canadians have been asked to fill out the census form by May 12, though Statistics Canada says that’s a “reference date” rather than a deadline.

While the federal Statistics Act states a census must be held every five years, and that every household and farm operator in Canada

MONTREAL — When a 26-year-old Haitian mother and her young daughter crossed into Quebec from the United States through forest trails on a freezing night in January, she had dreams of a fresh start in Canada.

The woman was leaving behind a country she felt no longer wanted her and thought Canada would be different.

But soon after she arrived, a new federal law put a crimp in her plans to claim asylum.

The legislation retroactively changes the rules for refugees, leaving her in what advocates describe as a

Wall Street pointed lower Tuesday and oil prices continued to rise amid doubts about a quick end to the Iran war.

S&P 500 futures slipped 0.4% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%. Nasdaq futures slipped 0.9%.

As the threatened to , benchmark U.S. crude rose $3.43 to $101.50 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, climbed $3.

VIENNA (AP) — Competition starts Tuesday at the , with divisions over Israel’s participation hanging over the 70th birthday of the over-the-top .

Host city has been bedecked in hearts and the contest’s “United by Music” motto for a week in which singers and bands onstage for the continent’s musical crown. But five countries — Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland — are boycotting to protest .

Several pro-Palestinian demonstrations are planned in Vienna during Eurovision week

Toronto police are investigating a shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in Scarborough that happened Monday night.

Officers were called to the area of Eglinton Avenue East and McCowan Road at approximately 9:45 p.m.

When they arrived at the scene, they located evidence of gunfire.

Police say there was damage to the restaurant, but no one was injured.

The suspects are described as males wearing all black clothing and masks, according to police. They fled in a light-coloured vehicle.

No other details were

NORFOLK COUNTY — Ontario Provincial Police say the bodies of two boaters, including a child, were pulled from the waters of Lake Erie on Monday after being reported overdue.

Police say they were called earlier in the day to an area of St. Williams, Ont., on the northern shores of the lake.

They say a seven-year-old and a 53-year-old, both from Norfolk County, were found more than 3 1/2 kilometres from shore by a passing boater.

Investigators say