NPR News: 09-12-2026 4PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump is in Ireland for a two-day visit where he met today with the Irish Prime Minister. Ampere Franco-Ordonia's reports Trump said he would like to see Northern Ireland reunified with the Republic of Ireland. During a cordial meeting with the T-Shug where both sides tatted the long working relationship, President Trump waited into some sensitive political waters, saying he'd like to see Ireland unified. I don't want to trust any questions, but I will value. I'd love to see a unified. Reenification would involve putting a vote to the people, Northern Ireland's status bird decades of violence known as the Troubles, ending with the 1998 Good Friday agreement. Reenification would also present practical challenges of combining two different economic and political systems. I think we've made great. Yeah. A great center and everybody's cap. It's been happening. It's going to happen eventually. The previous year's presidents have largely avoided waiting into the Irish unity debate.

1:03Franco-Ordonia's and Pioniers Dublin. In India, a bricks summit is taking place with 11 countries, including Iran and several Gulf nations who are now at war. The meeting where leaders criticized unilateral tariffs and sanctions represents about half the world's population and focuses on giving emerging countries a voice. Ampere's Dia Hadid has more. The United States has more than a dozen countries. We've turned up. It's quite the gathering. China's president, Xi Jinping and Russia's president Vladimir Putin are here. But for now, the attention is on those involved in the latest mid-east war because the Iranian president is here. And Iran has been striking off countries that are also at the summit. Ampere's Dia Hadid reporting from New Delhi. The Justice Department says an Afghan woman accused of supporting an ISIS-inspired terrorist plot in the U.S. has been deported.

2:04Ampere's Ryan Lucas reports the case against the woman was the first ever in a special long dormant court. U.S. authorities arrested 47-year-old Nazira Hajizada in July at her home in Texas. Hajizada is originally from Afghanistan, but was a legal permanent resident of the U.S. This year, her son and son-in-law were convicted for plotting an attack on Election Day 2024. American authorities say Hajizada supported the plot and worked to radicalize her family. The Justice Department decided not to charge her, though, and instead brought her before the alien terrorist removal court. A special court created in 1996, but never before used by the Justice Department. Now the department says Hajizada has been deported after waving her rights to challenge her detention and agreeing to her removal. Ryan Lucas and BR News, Washington. And you're listening to NPR News. In Tennessee, a nonpartisan group of attorneys says it's organizing an effort to protect voter

3:07access in Nashville ahead of the November midterm elections. Cynthia Abrams with Member Station WPLN reports, this comes over concerns that actions by the Trump administration could interfere with access to the polls. The group is calling themselves Guardians of Democracy. And since they plan to place trained volunteers outside polls, as well as have local election lawyers on hand to ensure, quote, all those eligible to vote in Nashville should be able to do so without intimidation. The group is nonpartisan, but Nashville's left-leaning mayor has supported the effort through his pack. The effort comes as Nashville is already at odds with the federal government over the upcoming election. Last month, the city sued the White House over new guidelines that directed cities and states to implement controversial election security measures. If cities refuse, the federal government says it will withhold already allocated grants. For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams in Nashville.

4:09Inflation accelerated last month, as gas prices spiked in the wake of renewed fighting in the Middle East War and the US around war. The labor department says consumer prices rose for tens of a percent in August, and gas and diesel prices continue their march higher and show no signs of easing up. Triple A says the price of a regular gallon of gas is $4.31, the cost of a gallon of diesel now stands at $6.16, that's a record. I'm Janine Herbst in NPR News in Washington. Hey, it's Mike Danforth, executive producer of Weight Weight Don't Tell Me. Here's a great way to get the perks of being an NPR producer without doing any of the work. Join NPR Plus. With NPR Plus, you get extended interviews inside looks at your favorite shows and more, all while supporting NPR and never having to pull an all-nighter. Or if you work on one of the new shows and all-morninger. Sign up at plus dot NPR dot org.