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  "id": 2054571,
  "title": "Trump’s America faces a ‘doom loop’ as it falls in a $56 trillion hole",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/trumps-america-faces-a-doom-loop-as-it-falls-in-a-56-trillion-hole-2054571",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T01:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
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  "summary": "The alarm bells are ringing as America’s debt swells to record levels. And there is no end in sight.",
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        "outlet": "Crikey",
        "title": "Australians are paying Trump to fix F-35 fighter jets — and they’re America’s planes, not ours",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/australians-are-paying-trump-to-fix-f-35-fighter-jets-and-theyre",
        "published": "2026-08-20T00:14:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Trump’s America faces a ‘doom loop’ as it falls in a $56 trillion hole",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/trumps-america-faces-a-doom-loop-as-it-falls-in-a-56-trillion-hole",
        "published": "2026-08-20T01:45:00.000Z"
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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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