US gross national debt tops $40tn for first time
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President Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been undercut by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.
Whether the mounting debt load is a problem to be solved or a function of America’s economic strength remains a matter of debate. Deficits are also a point of political gamesmanship, with Republicans most passionate about eliminating them when they are out of power.
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Both Republicans and Democrats are responsible for America’s borrowing burden.
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When he first ran for the White House in 2016, Mr. Trump said he would eliminate the national debt within eight years by making new trade deals and jump-starting economic growth. Since then, the national debt has doubled.
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In his second term, Mr. Trump’s biggest initiatives to cut spending and increase revenue have failed to materialize.
As a percentage of GDP, the debt topped out at 133% in 2020, the last year of Trump Parte Uno and the first year for the COVID epidemic.
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Both the killing of Rajab and her family, trapped in a vehicle and pleading for help by phone in February 2024, and the killing of 15 medics in May 2025 drew international outcry. Independent experts from the U.N. Human Rights Council have said Rajab’s killing might constitute a war crime. Rights groups have filed war crimes complaints to the International Criminal Court and requests to indict soldiers they identified as involved in the killing.
Rajab’s grandmother, also named Hind Rajab, told the AP by phone that the Israeli investigation is not enough, and called for an international probe into the killing of her granddaughter and all of the hundreds of children killed in Gaza during the war.
It is not enough. Israel has been targeting and massacring Palestinian civilians since its creation. It is state policy. Ariel Sharon was a war criminal. Benjamin Netanyahoo is a war criminal. Netanyahoo should be indicted and taken to The Hague to stand trial.
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Both the killing of Rajab and her family, trapped in a vehicle and pleading for help by phone in February 2024, and the killing of 15 medics in May 2025 drew international outcry. Independent experts from the U.N. Human Rights Council have said Rajab’s killing might constitute a war crime. Rights groups have filed war crimes complaints to the International Criminal Court and requests to indict soldiers they identified as involved in the killing.
Rajab’s grandmother, also named Hind Rajab, told the AP by phone that the Israeli investigation is not enough, and called for an international probe into the killing of her granddaughter and all of the hundreds of children killed in Gaza during the war.
It is not enough. Israel has been targeting and massacring Palestinian civilians since its creation. It is state policy. Ariel Sharon was a war criminal. Benjamin Netanyahoo is a war criminal. Netanyahoo should be indicted and taken to The Hague to stand trial.
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