In news on healthcare, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that Democratic state attorneys general can defend federal subsidy payments to insurance companies, which Trump has threatened to stop paying amid his frustration over the Republican Party’s failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This comes as a bipartisan group of senators, led by Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington, said they will hold hearings on how to strengthen the health insurance market. The move is a rebuke to President Trump, who has said he wants to let the Affordable Care Act implode. In a statement, Republican Senator Alexander said, “If your house is on fire, you want to put out the fire, and the fire in this case is the individual health insurance market. Both Republicans and Democrats agree on this.”