President Donald Trump has arrived in Dublin for talks with Ireland's president and prime minister. It's part of a weekend trip that has more to do with a major golf tournament being played at a club he owns in Doonbeg. The American president is set to hold separate meetings Saturday with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Prime Minister Micheál Martin. Trump also plans remarks to U.S. and Irish business leaders at the U.S. ambassador's official residence before he travels to Doonbeg, on the country's Atlantic coast. The Irish Open ends Sunday. Trump then returns to Washington.

The White House says the United States is banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and  some motorcycles from Canada, as the trade war between the two nations escalates. The ban will take effect in three weeks, on Sept. 29, and comes after retaliatory tariffs promised by Canada took effect earlier Tuesday on $20 billion in U.S. imports. A senior official in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump said Trump signed paperwork Tuesday outlining his justification for the ban. The documents were posted on the White House's website.

Restoration work on the White House North Portico appears to be nearing completion before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States in late September. Scaffolding was being taken down Tuesday after workers over the Labor Day weekend removed shrouds that obscured the work. The Executive Mansion’s front columns had been covered since July. The work was ordered by President Donald Trump and began in June. The portico was first completed in 1830 during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. Administration officials previously said stonework and plaster were being refurbished because of routine damage from age and weather exposure.

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U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff, right, and Jared Kushner wait to attend the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)