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 said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in a more than 6-month-old war. Following the latest American strikes, Iran launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said.The United States is banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada, the White House said Tuesday, as the trade war between the two nations escalates. The ban will take effect in three weeks and comes after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in U.S. imports earlier Tuesday. Republicans will head to Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his supporters for this year’s midterm elections. Republicans have never held a midterm convention before, although Democrats did in the 1970s and 1980s.Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which Trump tried to remake the portrayal of U.S. history by the Smithsonian museums and other cultural entities. Bunch said Tuesday that he was departing “with very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude.”
US says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after Tehran fired missiles at a US warship
The U.S. military has destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following attacks on a U.S. warship by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.











