{
  "id": 2010191,
  "title": "Gross U.S. debt has surpassed $40 trillion, a new milestone in the country’s struggle to get hold of its finances",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/gross-u-s-debt-has-surpassed-40-trillion-a-new-milestone-in-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Economy",
    "slug": "wsj-economy",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-debt-just-topped-40-trillion-how-we-got-here-c1c6c9d2?mod=rss_socialeconomyfeed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.S. has reached a new borrowing milestone in its struggle to get hold of its finances.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}