{"id":822248,"date":"2026-08-22T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822248\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T16:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:14:07","slug":"as-debt-surpasses-40-trillion-the-bill-for-washington-spending-comes-due-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822248\/","title":{"rendered":"As debt surpasses $40 trillion, the bill for Washington spending comes due &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQOTZ5SVhpaTBlZE8tVm9veEVrblI5OXF3Rm50WEY5Rmc5M2h5a29RTmFHSUdYRXZjU05NWlA5RVdDNlBuNUg4R3dhWlNGUDhzZVBQVEdQVUZNSEEyc3VCV0QtakYxaTEtd0h1RVVMLVllb0t4b0FST283S29Oc2NTSVZ4WjNuRGdwcVZpVlB1WmMwMXA0UHB6WlV4OGQ5ZmF0MGVQaFVRdTZXaHFDMEFsUGtpMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As debt surpasses $40 trillion, the bill for Washington spending comes due<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQeE9XMl9nNnpjLWZkdGREQ1poMXg4Y3ZRODNOYTIzcm1lN0cwOGwzSWhvRzQwME83bVZXSS1ScXBoeXRyU005Ym1SZEdCNDR2SXNzbDlmRnVuVGhjSG5GZUFYNDVHQ2NocXZ3UjZXcjAyR3ZYR1ZmZW1ZaElHNFNLeXZLMmN6MDRjRFg0WHdNZnA4dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The President\u2019s Focus<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Atlantic<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPcXJEX1ZDWEhtTE1MdEIxWUNjbUpVTUdSTTBwVHRjYTVGRXkzQkhmQXJqSjdqenNtV0U5NXIyR3JCSUdmRldPWEpaTFd4M1otQVBqOWdhWGplTU1WT2kzdDFBQjV0MGltb3o4ODVaeDVHZ2FUQWRGa2h2d0pzNGxxS25Ta1dleHNOQlVfZmxB0gGTAUFVX3lxTE5xMFJSWjRfSDNjU2g3WWpNNEtXN09vZHlsR2owVkpCYmRic2FOYU5tZ3FDejhTSW0wdFVrbThzby1feFJYYUpPYnRMWXFmbFo2QzhwMWw4SUtVaWd3X2JMMFVhNHRlZk1Ua1FnbnRBZTVJdDlsSTVWdDJQejdIZWhJczZydENQSEt0cUM5TWtManpOcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vance: Bessent has \u2018very discreet plan\u2019 to shrink $40 trillion national debt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hill<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE5najFFTl9nN3F4TVNFZzhrUktaSEhSMkxHN1RaVWs3WU5CWUp0b1FjRjJRTXpld2lqcFd2OVpPX2ZtVDBMdkZSenlza19PVjMzVEJrazI0QjJJVG1TVkZZR3I3a2FpaXFQNDFuQUFOWU01RHfSAXhBVV95cUxQS0xBMmM5cVRmT05FOEZNT1pjSEZfVHB3WXVWZjhiWTZTMl8zLUJIbURDcTJtc2xKemFQUmJIemJOb3lFYnZ6b1dQNkV5N3duT2NKd3RybFRjUk1lY0ItUUJsMW9sZnRTY2lHdGtFRkZfeEljd0lTdjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bessent says there&#8217;s a &#8216;very good chance&#8217; U.S. budget deficit under Trump has peaked<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE5BajFZOVU3QUxrMVlzY2c3QVY3a3JLNi1Jc2JyUldQQWRzQVJ0OWpRa3NSdjR2Vk1ja1lReDhKS0RoaWt3Z1BhZWxiV0s4dWJmQ3huRkN2emcwczVfbHNLc251ZnpYbTMtOUpmTDMwOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How Much the National Debt Grew Under Trump and Biden<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Time Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As debt surpasses $40 trillion, the bill for Washington spending comes due&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington PostThe President\u2019s Focus&nbsp;&nbsp;The AtlanticVance: Bessent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-822248","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\/822248","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=822248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}