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Health insurance marketplace feels growing tremors from GOP cuts 

State Obamacare marketplaces are starting to feel tremors from the GOP-controlled Congress's ending of enhanced subsidies, as millions of Americans are dropping coverage.  Experts and state officials say the impact varies from state to state, but enrollment decline is expected to grow this year and beyond, as policies from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Hegseth boosts veteran benefits bill that key Republicans have opposed 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a rare boost last week to a bipartisan bill that key Republicans, including the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), have opposed over cost concerns.  The legislation, named after Major Richard Star, would provide about 54,000 combat-injured, medically retired service members retirement pay and Veterans Affairs (VA) disability