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The National Debt Has Crossed $40 Trillion. Both Parties Are Responsible.

And both are hiding behind a lie of omission.

Reason · Aug 27

US national debt exceeds $40 trillion for first time

WASHINGTON - The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump's invalidated tariffs.

Bangkok Post · Aug 20

US national debt exceeds $40 trillion for the first time, fuelled in part by Trump tariffs

The US gross national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, Treasury data showed on Wednesday, exceeding earlier forecasts as borrowing, interest costs and long-term obligations rose. Total public debt reached $40.05 trillion on Tuesday, above a Congressional Budget Office forecast of $39.4 trillion by the end of fiscal…

France 24 · Aug 19

‘Tax nerd’ risks it all betting against Elon Musk’s promises, and the numbers vindicated him in the end

He knew what he was doing.

We Got This Covered · Feb 26

Trump's own Big Beautiful Bill could add $5.5 trillion to the deficit and sabotage his plan to 'grow out' of the national debt crisis

Prior to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s “growth” math stood a chance of closing the gap. Now it’s much harder to see it working.

Fortune · Jan 26

Trump's shutdown funding workarounds are on shaky legal ground

Lawyers and former government officials warn that Trump's moves set a dangerous precedent and eat away at Congress' core power.

Axios · Oct 25, 2025

How Stephen Miran—a Harvard-trained former free market champion—became Trump’s top ideologue on tariffs

Last year Miran, 41, was a virtual unknown. Suddenly the "Mar-a Lago accord" author’s ideas are reshaping the economy.

Fortune · May 29, 2025

Why DOGE Failed

Elon Musk promised $2 trillion in cuts but delivered only a tiny portion of that total. We asked seven policy experts to explain what he got wrong.

Reason · May 12, 2025

Peter Navarro faces bipartisan wrath over ‘exceptionally stupid’ claim that ‘tariffs are tax cuts’

‘They think you are stupid,’ Pradeep J. Shanker, a contributor for the conservative National Review magazine, said about Navarro’s claim

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

Contrary to What Trump Said, Even DOGE Does Not Claim To Have Identified 'Hundreds of Billions' in Fraud

The president's assertion is divorced from reality, and so are the "estimated savings" touted by Elon Musk.

Reason · Mar 5, 2025