IEThe Irish Times
US national debt has hit a record $40 trillion
Borrowing rises at a historic pace despite Trump pledge to control spending
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- 20 Aug 2026, 06:47 UTC
- Last checked
- 20 Aug 2026, 06:47 UTC
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 20 Aug 2026, 06:31 UTC
- Source updated
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- Byline
- Myles McCormick, Kate Duguid
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Borrowing rises at a historic pace despite Trump pledge to control spending
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US national debt has hit a record $40 trillion
Borrowing rises at a historic pace despite Trump pledge to control spending
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- #367
- Observed
- 20 Aug 2026, 06:47 UTC
- HTTP result
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- 649,259 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt