Today’s live updates have ended. Read what you missed below and find more coverage at apnews.com.Here’s what we’re following:The U.S. military began another round of strikes against Iran Monday, U.S. Central Command says, as U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier Monday that the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge other ships for safe passage. The move escalates a struggle for control over the critical waterway after mutual attacks in recent days. The U.S. military said it will resume its blockade of Iranian ports on Tuesday at 4 p.m. EDT.The U.S. launched several waves of heavy strikes on Iran into Monday morning, hitting some 140 targets, over an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated by targeting countries across the Middle East.The exchanges of fire, sparked by Iranian attacks on ships in the strait, have cast increasing doubt on the interim peace deal reached last month. The U.S. lifted a blockade from mid-April as part of that deal, which also called for the strait to be fully reopened. The U.S. had also, until now, said the strait should remain open to all without tolls, its prewar condition. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced at a news conference Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother’s temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate. Trump said Monday he’s recommended Lindsey Graham’s sister as the temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate. Graham, one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress and an advocate for U.S. military aggression in Iran, died Saturday at 71.
US strikes Iran again after Trump orders a new blockade in Strait of Hormuz on Iran
President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge other ships for safe passage, raising tensions after recent mutual attacks.












