United States national debt surpasses record $40 trillion
The United States national debt has reached and surpassed a record $40 trillion, driven by defense spending, social programs, interest on the deficit, tariff reversals, and government spending programs.
- US government debt has reached $40 trillion.
- Tariffs sold as revenue were struck down by the supreme court.
- US national debt surpasses a record $40 trillion.
- Milestone driven by defense costs, social programs, and interest on deficit.
Sources
- The Independent — The Latest: The US national debt hits a record $40 trillion
- The Guardian — ‘Starve the beast’? The $40tn cost of Republicans’ false promises to cut spending
- The Guardian — Democrats and Republican outraged over $40tn national debt – US politics live
- Al Jazeera — US national debt passes record $40 trillion
- The Hill — National debt marks new milestone
- France 24 — US national debt exceeds $40 trillion for first time amid rising borrowing
- The Guardian — US gross national debt tops $40tn for first time
- The Hill — National debt crosses $40 trillion
- The Independent — US national debt crosses $40 trillion mark after more than doubling in only a decade
- CNBC — U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade
- Fortune — National debt crosses $40 trillion and think tank warns: ‘The level of fiscal mismanagement is tragic