{"id":820301,"date":"2026-08-20T21:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/820301\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:42:09","slug":"live-updates-us-national-debt-hits-record-40-trillion-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/820301\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: US national debt hits record $40 trillion &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE5aS1g5aDlVeU5Cc1BEUVMydHF0ZVByc1p0WXNZbEVIQ1otcFo4TnF3TEhBNUF0U0tHQk5WMG1YTmMxNEhDeVZqRDFQODRORTJkM1JNSk91WXhlaWxjQzI5NjU4cmJsT0htWUsxZlpJTm5uRzRVcFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live updates: US national debt hits record $40 trillion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOY2ZGNE92T3h3bWRQOEJzenNJbm0xMk1YOUFSdDNJZC1MQ3FTbHJEczMxRU1QZUlnVFdqR1FlYVp5ak55Z21PWTdsNTQ4T2E4cnJSdDhEMDM5Sl9pUlF3MWVZb3VJUW81X3FVU3dFMU41MVdkbWVJRW5LSXo4TGRmWk90Tzd3aDloaWNGQkt3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Debt Just Topped $40 Trillion: How We Got Here<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9wFBVV95cUxObEE1QUJjZmJyQ0ZRb25XUnIzZ3NaTVhnR0VVM0Q3eEVfUFVfYlBjSDJGb1BYNkh3VUxYQllxV0c5U3VEX1VUVmVJNm13VHpmUlh0RU15N3lfdTRMcHJsUjlhdXpjUzFPc18wSUU3NEhRMURtbk5keC1XeFdHb2hscFJlOWVmZzFXb2pZckJtNzAzOEF1WXlJdnBETUVqOFFWcU01U3QyclJSbndUd2tOdVdZY0tCTWo1bTVGTXJiRE1wMEI4SXZiUHAyWFRVNGJiWUthZ21vbkRBamIxMldDeUpMWEROaVYxT1kyX09pTEY5UHRnY0RN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US national debt hits $40 trillion, forcing Congress toward tough fiscal choices<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;KOMO<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\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxNMVNvRFdFRWZjQVdLeTFMM09xRU9JcnNxT19kZUhQMDBBN202c2tVTll1U1JWSkhSRmdkRzJhek8yRzhhaWhzbklKeEFnc1p0MnhEZkJVZXpLTGpwYy01WGNOWlQ0SnFQTFFuTmI3WTgtT2F4Ykh5Z0VfTTVTaFBPSDdxNk01Z9IBiwFBVV95cUxOZ05FWHVwWl9GVXRBcFNtdG5PQTZRaG1SWDRvUWNTcGJhUmVkNjYxNk1nbWpKbGlwYVlCc3AyVUVmd3RpcndEZGhyNVllbkpYMEJiWkQzVUo3VEx5ZUxtWTA1M0w4OVotcHBwZmlIcThPanh4M0NHbU1oTkV4VTdEZWxSOFVCQ0FWOXdn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bessent: US can \u2018grow our way\u2019 out of $40 trillion debt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live updates: US national debt hits record $40 trillion&nbsp;&nbsp;AP NewsU.S. Debt Just Topped $40 Trillion: How We Got&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[164749,28,12,101,3138,8879],"class_list":["post-820301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-2026-elections","tag-business","tag-donald-trump","tag-economy","tag-government-and-politics","tag-tariffs-and-global-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820301","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=820301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}