{"id":817906,"date":"2026-08-18T18:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/817906\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:10:07","slug":"u-s-debt-set-to-hit-40-trillion-months-earlier-than-expected-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/817906\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. debt set to hit $40 trillion months earlier than expected &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOYlhQbjVCWFFqOVFHRnloTTlvUFhISUFEcUJ5ZTJuckY4Z3JSaHowdW5fSzFuQ0Y3dWdFc3NNR2JSV1VrbGVJcHY2S2g0SDExdmF6a1FUXzZ4eVZKNWVKQU1RZGRscUcxZURhYUF6Z01nYUVnN3k4ZVZLQjczX1hpamhzdDFHNDRBakktd0hNN21GSGFwSjMtTXhoV3ROSmRRdDlmR1UxVXBqNDUy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. debt set to hit $40 trillion months earlier than expected<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTFBVS2t1bmtTUHMyRVBidE9XMGwzTmZ5dk1jUm1mbVVKbFUzUE5lY0phemZLMjdWdXBLZ1RQYkI2OGxueTdzaTVOYjZ4dVU4bnpDVnlyT0dWSjVnZWVhT3VHYTRkcVM5WTNiYmxZY2F0UXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The National Debt Is Wreaking Havoc With Bonds. Where We Go From Here.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Barron&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOSXJpLWRCcVAySlhlVEY3UkpRcVNiT0FCRlJCanlvM3ZYVjF1MVR2THVWNVk5aFFMWjFJci1LOWxUdWViUnZjMUhRZDhEQUI0SjBieFZxUk1ZYjlCTGxUc1ZrTDd3RmZLNklkYnBLc3I1a1hpV0R5d1NhYjRMeVhCZlRsVmtKUWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No One Wants to Talk About the Debt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPZm0zUWJsWWxUbU5Gb2FHUkpvM1haV01VeFlkQUJXUUdQOWZXZi1HNUJUY00xaEVnLUlFbXZrN2M2OUpJUGZ1c3c0Z1c3NmNwRzV3djJTWUZndWstemh3bFlMaDNGZm1UM0dVOExOOEVad3hXOVlhV3pwRjQ0TmF0ekRDcGllNVRKVnlwSUNiTEVYbUVkYWhzaXNlcjlPZ3lPZlZxQ0ZZSEVBcktJN1BSTFFxdnFySDF0ZVFJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opinion | The 2030s will bring a fiscal cliff. Here\u2019s how it got so steep.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Letters: Focus on the crippling debt our nation can no longer ignore<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NOLA.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. debt set to hit $40 trillion months earlier than expected&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington PostThe National Debt Is Wreaking Havoc&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-817906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}