AP Top Headlines at 2:41 a.m. EDT

The U.S. military says it has fired on a merchant vessel attempting to breach its blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran targeted American strongholds around the Persian GulfPresident Donald Trump says the United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practicesMassive forest fires are raging out of control in southwestern France and central Spain, forcing authorities to evacuate around 200,000 peopleThe Trump administration has again acknowledged in court documents that it terminated $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state,” in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential electionUkraine is still fortifying its border with Belaru