RESOLVING THE LEDGER
RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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"We can grow our way out of that," the Treasury Secretary told CNBC on Thursday.
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"We can grow our way out of that," the Treasury Secretary told CNBC on Thursday.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said the U.S. can "grow" its way out of the $40 trillion national debt, a milestone reached Wednesday. "Well, I mean, look Sara, there's nothing magic about the $40 trillion number, and we can grow our way out of that," Bessent told "Squawk on the Street" co-host Sara Eisen...
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The U.S. federal debt hit a record $40 trillion this week. The debt has doubled since 2017, and just paying interest on the accumulated debt now costs the government more than $1 trillion a year.
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The United States’ debt has surpassed a record $40 trillion, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending
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The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump's invalidated tariffs. The uptick in borrowing is a blow to Trump, who promised to cut public spending during his 2024 presidential campaign, and sparked a backlash from US representatives across the political field.
Read this reportThe U.S. debt has surpassed $40 trillion. And, a new census report on noncitizen voting that President Trump is touting has ties to a think tank aligned with him, raising concerns among experts.
Read this reportThe national debt has surpassed a record $40 trillion, highlighting the impact of defense costs, social programs, and interest on the deficit.
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The national debt has surpassed a record $40 trillion, highlighting the impact of defense costs, social programs, and interest on the deficit
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AIPROPX has consolidated 16 reports from 14 outlets into a single canonical entry on “U.S. debt balloons to record-breaking $40 trillion.” The covered outlets are based across 4 regions — US, Other, UK, and Europe.
The earliest report in this entry came from Yahoo Finance (Aug 19, 2026, 15:50 UTC); the most recent came from NBC News (Aug 20, 2026, 18:59 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 1 statement appears in near-identical wording across two or more of these outlets, 8 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets, and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “40 trillion”.
8 statements are carried by only one outlet within this set and are not echoed by the others.
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