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10 hours agoTrump's National Guard deployments could cost over $1 billion this year, CBO projects
Unprecedented National Guard domestic deployments under President Trump could cost about $1.1 billion this year.
The Senate rejected a pair of partisan measures addressing the impending expiration of Obamacare subsidies, setting up a Jan. 1 spike in health insurance premiums for more than 20 million Americans. With only a few days left before lawmakers leave for their Christmas break and few signs of life in stalled bipartisan negotiations, the failure Thursday of the dueling partisan plans all but guarantees the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits initiated during the pandemic era.