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  "id": 2384607,
  "title": "Treasury secretary claims U.S. budget deficit has peaked as debt tops $40 trillion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/treasury-secretary-claims-u-s-budget-deficit-has-peaked-as-debt-tops",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T13:30:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/bessent-budget-deficit-peaked-trump-40-trillion-082126"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made the claim a day after the U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion for the first time",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}