{"id":575422,"date":"2026-08-21T02:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T02:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/575422\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T02:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T02:12:10","slug":"us-debt-has-hit-40tn-will-that-be-a-wake-up-call-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/575422\/","title":{"rendered":"US debt has hit $40tn \u2013 Will that be a wake-up call? &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBGcDQ4VVVIU3JiZlRoLUlHTExDZ3huNWtNVXhFMHJqOEpqTERqRHhxRDNibXU1Z2hZUlpjdVVDTHhNVmhoUXlwWVlkdWhlSnBtbVZzd1RaSm9rdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US debt has hit $40tn \u2013 Will that be a wake-up call?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQZU9FNkJFTmo0bW9kR1dXd2M2NTgwN3NUTEdJS2VqcmUyWDFkM0hmRDZldy14bEJCY1B2T0FpMlN0WlM2bWNwZHVFcXdCd21CbXNQNUxLX2pxVkhqb1JrUnN3TGp1X29hQUdaWGtSTlluaWJ1U1BGajRRblRiaHYwMzZuYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Starve the beast\u2019? The $40tn cost of Republicans\u2019 false promises to cut spending<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNcmNIUldHNHZ1N240ZmlQQVphQ3BDUk9BUVNHS0dVX25KUWtxLXhZZk9TYzNXTTVseTJXRWdveW5GcDlLQ0Z6UHdzQXE2clFHdHhkQzlRT1hJNFFMaU04cnRMQ19wTmt5bjRHQmJtM3ZsLThhODBjbUhhNUwzaEZrZWNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America\u2019s Borrowing Binge Continues<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxPY3NKYnBaTEJPd09VZndtN19jYWFXX3FIZE1KZV9VSlp0NWxMNmZNbFZYemVWR0RWYnpUOWpQM2w4eWQ1aVQ3UEtCTVc5Y2Ric2lteHdZSmZSdkRKVXRDaTdoVDZNd3I4YUsxMnZLN0tuSkpSd1VmbnNEUEhSOEJKdi1Hd05iMU9MQmQzSVl3YmFCYklzRVFrbVlpcDZEbk54VS1GT3NJZllDeWRSZTl3dEp3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTFBuZmQ0ZXN5TmoxaG4wLVVoVmluMEZnZ2Z3TFpJS1JaVjN5U0hZUWE5a0x6QjR0czNfZDdzazQycm1nWVpJWXNucFJXSEFfRGU4MF9UVjFjVmE3NHhJS3phYVRiNFdFcXkxemh5YjZwbFhPd25zX3hxcFRzODN3MDTSAYQBQVVfeXFMT05NMnlyRzlnMDFVN3hfWGFiSG1pNWU2NjZEX05zVm13WVZvVmIzYTlfMTB1WlktencyWUd1NUpOZzJlZnJZYzZKQnd5ZjNZZW1GcGVrcUdacnBlNnpmdlNPS1cxN1lfbGN0Y1RGYmtxTTF0U3BPVjdtV1Z1ZHFfVGF0TEVp?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GOP, Democrats lament $40 trillion debt as Congress struggles to act<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US debt has hit $40tn \u2013 Will that be a wake-up call?&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC\u2018Starve the beast\u2019? The $40tn cost of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-575422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}