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U.S. Edition · Morning Edition · Sunday, September 13, 2026

President Trump on a Doonbeg balcony in a USA cap, pointing, with two men at the rail: the three figures in black and white; glass and sky in vivid teal-blue. Wire photograph, Irish Open, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026.

Ireland

Trump doubles down. “I love my comments.” A united Ireland is “one of the naturals.”

Doonbeg, final day. Martin at the first tee. Lowry by four. Shannon tonight.

The Rocket News · Doonbeg, Co. Clare · September 13, 2026

Desks

Politics More

President Trump seated, holding a black folder: the figure in black and white; red leather chair, gold drapes and window in color. Editor’s plate, Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.

Trade

Trump will not leave USMCA. “A great relationship with Mexico.”

Dublin, after Micheál Martin. Asked if he would withdraw. Canada, he said, wants a deal badly.

Video · Forbes Breaking News

Sept. 11

Trump at the Pentagon. Four presidents at Ground Zero.

Video · CNN

The National September 11 Memorial reflecting pools at dawn, One World Trade Center and flags at half-staff in color. Empty plaza. News photograph, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.

Midterms

$5,000 if the GOP holds Congress. Some Republicans flinch.

Video · CBS News

President Trump at a microphone against a blue sky: the figure in black and white — cap, suit, tie, face — the sky in color. Editor’s plate.

Twenty-five years

How 9/11 changed George W. Bush’s presidency and legacy

Video · C-SPAN

Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispers to President George W. Bush in a Sarasota classroom on Sept. 11, 2001: both figures in black and white; children’s mural and chalkboard in color. Editor’s plate.

States More

Ken Paxton at a podium: the figure in black and white — suit, tie, hands — the blue backdrop and lectern in color. Wire photograph.

Texas

$51 million for Paxton. Talarico had the air. The caucus came in.

Texas PAC, Friday. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin. Hispanic voters 2-to-1 Dem.

Video · MS NOW

California

Lucas Fire past 3,400 acres. Newsom has a bill. The ridge does not wait.

Video · KPIX CBS News Bay Area

A California hillside under a brown column of wildfire smoke, houses on a ridge, sky and brush in color. No figures in the frame.

New York

A $100 billion listing leaves the NYSE. Texas is the board now.

Video · Bloomberg Television

The New York Stock Exchange facade, marble columns and the carved name, an American flag on the pole, stone and sky in color. No figures in the frame.

Washington

$1.7 million into WA-03. Braun has Trump. She has the seat.

Video · KGW News

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez walking a Capitol hallway: the figure in black and white; railing, pipes and ceiling in color. Wire photograph.

World More

An oil tanker in a narrow dusk strait between arid mountains, a distant column of smoke on the horizon. No figures in the frame.

Diplomacy

Bahrain will not sit. Iran will show maps. The strait is not open.

Salalah Monday. Araghchi: a new lane, not a reopening. Fees still argued.

Video · Times Now World

Dublin

Trump would “love” a united Ireland. “It may as well happen now.”

Video · The White House

President Trump walking the South Lawn toward Marine One: the figure in black and white — coat, tie, fist — grass, trees and the olive helicopter in color. Editor’s plate for the Dublin note, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.

Diplomacy

Gulf ministers will sit with Iran in Salalah. A table, not a strait.

Video · LiveNOW from FOX

A products tanker listing and on fire at a Persian Gulf anchorage at dusk. No figures in the frame.

Diplomacy

Qatar wants Hormuz opened. Unconditionally. The file went to Beijing.

Video · BBC News

An oil tanker in a narrow dusk strait between arid mountains, a distant column of smoke on the horizon.

World War More

Ukraine

453 drones overnight. A Kyiv–Warsaw train hit two kilometers from Poland.

Six dead, forty-three wounded. Sybiha: Putin’s terror at NATO’s door.

Video · Times of India

Hormuz

A hull burns off Qeshm. One dead. Monday is still a table.

Video · LiveNOW from FOX

The Red Sea

Houthis hold Bab al-Mandab. Mayyun Island is theirs.

Video · Times Now World

Black smoke and orange fire at a southern Saudi energy site after Houthi strikes. No figures in the frame.

Ukraine

Eleven dead in Ukraine. Putin tells Europe not to send troops.

Video · Euronews

Economy More

A U.S. gas station price board in color. No figures in the frame.

The Tape

Diesel is $6.20. A record on a Sunday. The gallon is $4.31.

AAA this morning. Two straits. A hull on fire at Qeshm. Salalah is tomorrow.

Video · Al Jazeera English

The Tape

Two straits. Diesel is still a record. Brent held three figures.

Video · Al Jazeera English

The Tape

Diesel is $6.06. A record. The gallon is $4.30.

Video · Al Jazeera English

A U.S. gas station price board in color; no figures in the frame. News photograph.

The Tape

Brent closed $101.21. Diesel is still a record.

Video · LiveNOW from FOX

A suburban gas station at dusk, pump canopy and price board in color, no figures in the frame.

Science More

A glass office tower at dusk, a few floors lit, the rest dark. No figures in the frame.

Proof

Claude wrote Fermat in Lean. Eleven days. Thirteen million lines.

Mathematicians had budgeted five years. 29,500 intermediate theorems, checked.

Video · AI news

The Moon

NASA and IBM put a Moon model on Hugging Face.

Video · IBM Research

The Moon from orbit: cratered highlands, a shadowed polar crater with ice glints at the rim, black sky. No figures. Scientific photograph.

Machines

Anthropic built a model of what A.I. does to the American paycheck. You can push the sliders.

Video · KPIX / CBS News Bay Area

Humanoid robots in Delta Robots livery holding Democratism flags outside a Warsaw ministry. No people in the frame. Photograph, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.

Machines

Thirty robots marched on Warsaw. They asked Poland to regulate A.I.

Video · KPIX / CBS News Bay Area

Technology More

Sam Altman, President Trump and Elon Musk at a World Economic Forum wall: the three figures in high-contrast black and white; the backdrop a bright saturated cobalt, clearly blue. Editor’s plate for the Doonbeg AI note, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026.

Technology

“Whoever wins AI, wins.” Trump calls the halt “things that won’t happen.”

Doonbeg. Negative forces, he said. Amodei asked for a pause. Musk: Dario is right.

Video · Associated Press

Mexico More

President Claudia Sheinbaum, hand on her chest: the figure in black and white; the curtain behind her in color. Wire photograph.

Mexico

Sheinbaum at the Niños Héroes. Then Hidalgo. Trump’s compliment stays a mood.

Chapultepec Sunday. Honestidad y resultados. She will not sign away sovereignty.

Video · GBS

Mexico

Mexico wants a USMCA patch before the midterm. Sheinbaum has a line.

Video · GBS

A border crossing under American and Mexican flags. News photograph.

Mexico

A Mexican flag from the towers hangs in New York. Sixteen dead.

Video · GBS

A border crossing under American and Mexican flags, pavement and sky in color. News photograph.

Mexico City

Sheinbaum: you cannot swear to two flags. She named who voted no.

Video · GBS

A border crossing at dusk, freight lanes and a river, lights coming on in two countries. No faces.

Sports More

Arch Manning in a Texas jersey after the game: the figures in black and white; stadium crowd and sky in color. Wire photograph.

College

Texas 24, Ohio State 23. Down 20 in the fourth. Manning. Smothers at 0:25.

Largest fourth-quarter rally to beat an AP No. 1. 105,044 in Austin.

Video · SEC Network

NFL

49ers 27, Rams 7. First NFL game in Australia. 100,021 at the MCG.

Video · NFL on NBC

A packed stadium at night, lights and turf in color. News photograph.

NFL

Lock in, Darnold out. Seattle 13, New England 10.

Video · NFL Highlights

A packed NFL stadium at night, lights and turf in color. News photograph.

Kickoff

Patriots 7–0 early. Darnold is out with a hip. A rookie scored first.

Video · NFL on NBC

An empty stadium at dusk, floodlights coming on over a vacant field.