{
  "id": 15015868,
  "title": "U.S. Budget Deficit Nears $2 Trillion, a Reality Check for Trump’s Cost Cutting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/u-s-budget-deficit-nears-2-trillion-a-reality-check-for-trumps-cost",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T18:28:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/business/us-budget-deficit.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Higher interest rates are inflating borrowing costs as the Trump administration spends on the Iran war and tariff refunds.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}