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  "id": 15015285,
  "title": "The U.S. budget deficit just hit almost $2 trillion — and Washington isn’t doing much about it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/the-u-s-budget-deficit-just-hit-almost-2-trillion-and-washington-isnt-15015285",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-16T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "The deficit figure is the largest since 2021 and amounts to an estimated 6.2% of U.S. gross domestic product.",
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        "outlet": "MarketWatch",
        "title": "The U.S. budget deficit just hit almost $2 trillion — and Washington isn’t doing much about it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/the-u-s-budget-deficit-just-hit-almost-2-trillion-and-washington-isnt",
        "published": "2026-10-16T18:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "U.S. budget deficit swells to almost $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a single year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/u-s-budget-deficit-swells-to-almost-2-trillion-for-fiscal-2026-up-12",
        "published": "2026-10-16T18:00:15.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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