The national debt just smashed through a new record high, clocking in at just north of $40 trillion. 🤯

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• Yahoo Finance

  The national debt just smashed through a new record high, clocking in at just north of $40 trillion. 🤯
• The Wall Street Journal right

  Gross U.S. debt has surpassed $40 trillion, a new milestone in the country’s struggle to control its finances. A look at how we got here. on.wsj.com/4xePmZG
• Fox Business Economy right

  The U.S. national debt topped $40 trillion as interest costs now exceed national defense spending and the debt doubled in under 10 years.
• NPR left

  The federal debt reached $40 trillion as the government adds red ink at a rapid rate. That's leading nervous investors to demand higher interest rates —pushing up borrowing costs for everyone else. n.pr/4zHwLaq
• Reuters

  US debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden reut.rs/46aehBB
• CNN left

  The United States is digging itself into an ever-deeper debt hole. The federal debt hit a record $40 trillion on Tuesday, according to the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department's data on the federal debt is released on a one-day delay. https://cnn.it/4gFkhZ7
• CNBC left

  U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade
• The Jerusalem Post center

  US debt tops $40 trillion, doubled under Donald Trump, Biden after Covid responses
• The New York Times left

  Breaking News: The U.S. national debt hit $40 trillion after decades of borrowing. President Trump has promised to restore fiscal order, yet many of his policies have only exacerbated the debt burden. nyti.ms/4gpGitS
• PBS center

  How did U.S. debt hit $40 trillion? Here's what to know
• The Hill center

  The U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion on Tuesday, according to newly released data from the Treasury Department. It marks a key milestone for the U.S., which has seen its total outstanding debt double over less than a decade. This sum first crossed the $20 trillion mark in late 2017 and reached $39 trillion just…
• Al Jazeera center

  US national debt passes record $40 trillion
• The Washington Post left

  The U.S. national debt has surpassed $40 trillion, the Treasury Department reported. The milestone arrived months earlier than forecasters expected, in part because of billions of dollars in lost revenue from President Trump’s invalidated tariffs.