{
  "id": 2121899,
  "title": "‘Republicans ran up the tab’: Democrats outraged over $40tn national debt – live",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/republicans-ran-up-the-tab-democrats-outraged-over-40tn-national-debt",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T11:03:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/aug/20/donald-trump-national-debt-borrowing-record-michael-cohen-canada-iran-latest-news-updates"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US national deficit has doubled over the past decade with spending growing under Trump and Biden US gross national debt tops $40tn for first time ” “This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,”…",
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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."
}