{"id":819720,"date":"2026-08-20T09:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819720\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:10:08","slug":"us-national-debt-passes-40tn-after-doubling-in-a-decade-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819720\/","title":{"rendered":"US national debt passes $40tn after doubling in a decade &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1UVEl0cFNRSzBLd05WTHZoVFlNeGk5RkJkdXdlRUFTSW1vZ0daNHJ4NzRrMEJWc1pIVjRJQjJtODNKd3daRTR5eXkwZ1BRc1g3akdBRF82UXgzdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US national debt passes $40tn after doubling in a decade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQNHNXZmZtd1lmeHg5S0dfY1Fjd1NjaEdsRUNzdDBCY29zN19YcU9fSmY5U184VmRNOWF3bVBXTWJnT1dhUTIwbnVhSUlUb1I3dG5rS3BJMUlsajlVQzN4ekVuWDZKdHhycTFfdmoyb1UtbFpHWkZpbFViOTR6R0FWQmE0cjg0dW1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National debt reaches grim $40 trillion milestone. Here\u2019s why that matters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQX0syUURsd25oZ1hkM0FkZ1NoMW1tU19ZUVlHOE5rWkNjcWxvczZYb01sNVZ1VnRySzFwa2pGcUF0RFBhc0tGUW1jb0ZsZGI1U0pVQzBLNVpxLXNtY2tyQ0NtT0ZDQ0NyZ2Nsc3JINUdDY3dqdjBzcmJ4aFFISTEyZ0dfd0RmTm1vWnpPSE9OMTB5aUxPMjJjdGg3OVlVNGfSAaQBQVVfeXFMTzFOcEFsaUU0N1FsaXVmUzZOWURqdkY0Mmg3YWMwZ3lUdTFKRm1zdkJySGRkcndpQjNjeEg3eXpENTJWdmZXOVhyanFCOHBfNVVCVlY3dmZrTWUtYWhCY096czRJSGdTY3pCcm9VNVhEVWFQdXpRbUpvSzJ5UFVVWDZ5NklSUC1vSW95TVB5a0RmVmQtRktvMFdwR3NKeU5rdi1ZUXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<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\/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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US national debt passes $40tn after doubling in a decade&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCNational debt reaches grim $40 trillion milestone. Here\u2019s why&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-819720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819720","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=819720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}