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  "title": "A new tax on these companies would help Washington shrink the deficit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/a-new-tax-on-these-companies-would-help-washington-shrink-the-deficit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-27T15:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "This month, the U.S. Treasury Department made two ominous announcements: that it will no longer require shell companies to identify who owns them, and that the U.S. federal debt has hit $40 trillion.",
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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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