AP Top Headlines at 5:43 p.m. EDT

The U.S. military says it’s fired on another merchant vessel that was trying to breach its blockade of Iranian portsPresident Donald Trump says the United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practicesWhen guests arrive for the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at Washington’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, security will be much tighterStocks drifted on Wall Street and oil prices fell for the first time in a week, even as heavy fighting in the Middle East again threatened to slow the global flow of oilThe U.S. has surpassed 2025’s record for measles cases, with five months left in 2026Democrats have selected South Carolina to hold the first presidential nominating contest in 2028A teenager has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts in a deadly s