{
  "id": 15853458,
  "title": "US national debt hits record, rising US$400bil in two months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/us-national-debt-hits-record-rising-us-400bil-in-two-months-15853458",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T05:04:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/10/21/us-national-debt-hits-record-rising-us-400bil-in-two-months"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Based on current growth rates, analysts projected that the US national debt could exceed US$50 trillion by 2030.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}