The Senate on Thursday rejected two partisan health bills on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

The failed Democratic bill would have extended the COVID-era subsidies for three years, while the GOP alternative would have replaced the subsidies with new health savings accounts.

The subsidies run dry in three weeks, at which point some Affordable Care Act enrollees see their premium costs more than double.

Meanwhile, at a Senate committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities, Republicans defended the deployments as necessary to fight lawlessness and Democrats called it an extraordinary abuse of military power that violates states

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