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U.S. debt tops $40 trillion

NPR Business · August 20, 2026 at 4:45 AM

U.S. debt tops $40 trillion

The federal debt is growing even faster than expected.

Just paying interest on the $40 trillion balance is now the government's second-largest expense, outpacing everything but Social Security.

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