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US national debt exceeds $40 trillion for first time

The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump's invalidated tariffs.

US national debt exceeds $40 trillion for first time

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