US debt has hit $40tn – Will that be a wake-up call? BBC‘Starve the beast’? The $40tn cost of Republicans’ false promises to cut spending The GuardianU.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues The New York TimesUS debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden ReutersGOP, Democrats lament $40 trillion debt as Congress struggles to act The Hill
