President Trump reviews an honour guard during an arrival ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin on September 12, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. Charles McQuillan / Getty Images

President Trump said Saturday he would love to see a unified Ireland as he kicked off a visit to the country, where he will meet with leaders and attend a major golf tournament at one of his courses.

During a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin, Mr. Trump said the unification of the Republic of Ireland with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, "may as well happen now."

"I don't want to cause any problems but I'd love to see it unified. I think it would be a fantastic thing," Mr. Trump said, adding that "the U.K. will have something to say about it, obviously."

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The Trump administration is promising to send $500 payments to nearly 1 million Affordable Care Act participants in 30 states, the White House's latest effort to address cost-of-living concerns ahead of the November midterm elections.

In a fact sheet on the initiative, the White House said it was issuing refunds after the Biden administration overcharged ACA enrollees though "plan exchange 'user fees' that were passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums."

The White House said the checks are part of the administration's goal to lower healthcare costs for Americans. The payments are set to go out starting in October.

"President Trump is delivering on promises to lower costs for American patients by putting them first and taking on big health insurance companies, drug manufacturers and other corporate giants that have used the status quo in Washington to raise healthcare costs for Americans," the White House said on...More

From Matt Campbell's white laces and a revived 'Success With Honor' banner to a new museum exhibit, Penn State's increasingly public embrace of Paterno raises the question of where its gradual restoration of his legacy ultimately leads


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For years, Joe Paterno has been a live wire for Penn State's football program. But times have changed, and the surest sign of a new era in State College has been the incremental official reintegration of Paterno in increasingly more prominent ways.

New coach Matt Campbell's playbook is clear, with several not-so-subtle homages to Paterno. Campbell continually states that he's honoring the past and just trying to focus on football. He's been inviting back former Nittany Lions players from decades past over his first few months on the job, a common tactic by new coaches. But acknowledging Penn State's...More

Rick Springfield performs onstage at The Fonda Theatre during the Above Ground 4 benefit concert.

Long before Rick Springfield became a rock star and heartthrob, he found himself caught in the Vietnam War.

Springfield revealed he made a split-second decision that he said ended another man's life and has haunted him ever since during an appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast. The Australian singer explained that his unlikely brush with combat began when his band traveled to Vietnam in 1968 to entertain American troops during the war.

According to Springfield, the U.S. soldiers "wanted to see, you know, girls that reminded them of home."

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Members of the elite tactical police unit escort six Nigerian nationals being extradited to U.S. for participating in romance scams, in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. AP Photo

Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of more than $6 million through online romance scams will be extradited to the United States on Friday, South African police said.

The men, who were arrested in the South African city of Cape Town in 2021, are set to be handed over to officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday and taken to the U.S. to face wire fraud and money laundering charges.

They are accused of belonging to a criminal network known as the Black Axe, which Interpol describes as being part of criminal groups responsible for a significant...More

Remembering 9/11, 25 years later
o Political leaders, victims' families, survivors and Americans across the country are marking a quarter-century on Friday since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

o The annual ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City included an extra moment of silence this year for those who were later stricken with 9/11-related illnesses.

o All living former presidents were in Manhattan for the ceremony, along with Vice President JD Vance. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was there and was also attending other memorial events throughout the city.

o President Trump spoke at the Pentagon. Other administration officials attended the ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

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Although overall pay growth for U.S. workers has slowed, in July one group saw their fastest wage growth in more than three years — by jumping ship and changing jobs, according to the Bank of America Institute.

Job switchers receiving larger pay hikes were mostly lower-paid, hourly workers, the research firm said in a recent report. In July, the three-month moving average wage increase for job changers hit a three-year high of 12.5%, according to the report.

Pay bumps for switching jobs remain below pandemic levels, the firm notes. Still, economists say they're encouraged by the acceleration in wage growth among lower-paid workers.

"The fact that we're seeing these workers see a strong jump in pay associated with job changing suggests there's a pickup in pay for lower-income workers, and there's increased mobility among those who are paid hourly,"...More

Stella Parton is fiercely condemning the use of AI-generated content of her late sister, Dolly Parton, decrying the exploitative nature of such creations amidst the family's private grief.



Artificial intelligence and its creations are seemingly anywhere and everywhere. However, Stella Parton, the sister of the late country music icon Dolly Parton, is not a fan, particularly of AI-generated content that has been created of Dolly since her passing. Stella has come out strong, slamming AI-generated content created in the wake of Dolly's death and those behind it.

Parton made her thoughts and opinions on the subject entirely clear with a post on Instagram. Her post started with her thanking everyone who has shown her family "genuine support and love during this time." She added that they will "be okay" and that every "human being experiences pain and loss" differently, and that her family is no different in that...More