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Once more, the U.S. Supreme Court saves Obamacare.

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The Affordable Care Act is here to stay.

President Obama celebrated a six to three majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts over a blistering dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia.

Conservative states will be spared from chaos in the insurance marketplace, but Republicans promised the fight will continue in the presidential campaign.

Also today, the U.S. and NATO are beefing up forces in Eastern Europe for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Does the message to Vladimir Putin increase the chance of unintended escalation?

Are NATO members in Europe really ready for a possible fight? First, here's the news.

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On Tuesday, the U.S. announced it sending tanks and other military equipment to countries in Eastern Europe.

Yesterday, the NATO alliance started beefing up forces to 40,000 soldiers.

It's all the first such build-up since the fall of the Soviet Union and a message to Vladimir Putin's Russia.

We'll hear more about it on the second half of our program.

First is news update.

In an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that

tax subsidies for health insurance in the Affordable Care Act are legal in states with federal

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