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Co Wexford and Co Wicklow scouts were part of a team of youths who worked on a tall ship as it made its way around the Irish and British coast in mid-June.

They're projected to cost the government more than double original estimates.

A lot of people bet that the Republican from Bakersfield would be unable to keep his factionalized majority in line. He proved the doubters wrong. But the party remains deeply divided on an issue that once united it — the size of government.

By getting the deal through the fractious House, the speaker proved his doubters wrong.

After insisting for months that they wouldn't negotiate with Republicans over the debt ceiling, the White House is now negotiating. A lot is at stake.

The West Virginia senator contends the administration is defying Congress in its rollout of the last year's climate law. Some fellow Democrats fear he's undermining the legislation he shaped.

House Republicans pitched their 2011 debt limit bill aggressively, trumpeting a zeal for deep spending cuts. Their latest fiscal plan tiptoes around them, with a milder slogan to match.

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Republican voters seem to be grading Donald Trump on a curve in his third presidential campaign, while Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida faces a more traditional form of scrutiny.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joins the chorus of populist Democrats knocking Jerome Powell.