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Biden travels on Tuesday for a long-awaited trip to Ireland, his ancestral homeland President Joe Biden will head across the pond on Tuesday for a long-awaited trip to Ireland, his ancestral homeland, that will feature a heavy emphasis on family in addition to diplomacy. Biden's visit will be his first to Ireland as president and mark only the second time an Irish-Catholic president has made a visit from the U.S. It also comes nearly 60 years after the first Irish-Catholic president, John F. Kennedy, became the first sitting commander in chief to visit Ireland. The president will depart Washington on Tuesday for Belfast, Northern Ireland -- the first stop of his four-day, two-country trip. There, Biden will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that brought an end to 30 years of sectarian violence on the island known as "the Troubles." MORE: Biden to visit Ireland, mark Good Friday accord anniversary "President Biden cares deeply about Northern Irela...

The group said this summer travel season “could be one for the record books." With the unofficial start of summer almost here -- AAA projects 42.3 million Americans will Travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend , a 7% increase over last year. "This is expected to be the third busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000," Paula Twidale, senior vice president of AAA Travel, said in a statement. "This summer travel season could be one for the record books, especially at airports." AAA says nearly 3.4 million people will take to the skies over the holiday, up 11% from 2022 and 5.4% from 2019. The most popular U.S. destinations this year are Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Dallas, according to online travel booking platform Hopper. Internationally, the top spots are Cancun and Toronto, Hopper said. U.S. airfare down, but international prices are steep Travelers staying in the U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday will pay "considerably less" than wha...