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The national debt is over 100% of GDP and most of Congress is ignoring wishes to rein it in. It’s time to amend the Constitution

Today, U.S. debt held by the public currently stands at a staggering $31.68 trillion, a little more than 100% of GDP. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), if Washington continues to embrace its standard operating procedure, that figure is projected to climb to a stunning 175% of GDP…

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America Spends $24 Billion Weekly to Service Its $39.4 Trillion National Debt

The US government's debt interest payments have reached $24 billion weekly, surpassing spending on major federal agencies, highlighting a growing fiscal challenge for policymakers.

International Business Times UK

U.S. Treasury has borrowed $155 billion every month of this fiscal year—and is now paying $24 billion a week in interest on its debts

Interest payments on the debt are now so large that the spending is higher than the outlays for the Departments of Defense, Commerce, Homeland Security, Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Coronavirus Refundable Credits scheme—combined.

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CBO: House highway bill would widen trust fund deficit

The House version of this year’s mega surface transportation reauthorization bill could increase the deficit anticipated in the Highway Trust Fund over the next five years despite the inclusion of new fees on electric vehicles and hybrids, according to the Congressional Budget Office The CBO analysis, released Thursday, found that…

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Premier Energies plans to invest Rs 6,000 cr over 3 years in ingot, wafer biz

Premier Energies is set to invest Rs 6,000 crore over three years to establish ingot and wafer manufacturing capabilities, aiming for full integration in India's solar sector. This move aligns with government policy mandating domestic production of these components from 2028. The company's broader Rs 12,500 crore capex plan also…

The Economic Times

Medicaid Work Requirements Are Rolling Out Now — Here Is What Your State Has to Do Before Millions Lose Coverage

Medicaid work requirements from the One Big Beautiful Bill are taking effect in multiple states in 2026. Here is what it means for coverage, who is at risk, and what states must do.

Medical Daily

Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality

Elon Musk is a beneficiary of America’s lopsided prosperity – does the country have any appetite for redistribution?

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Millions of Americans Could Lose Health Insurance by Year's End as Coverage Losses Accelerate Nationwide and Many Remain Unaware

ACA enhanced premium tax credits expired in 2025. Up to 4.2M Americans face coverage loss in 2026. What you need to know about your health insurance.

Medical Daily

Tariffs are generating only 25% of the revenue needed to pay interest on national debt—despite pitch that it would be a silver bullet

The CBO reported that between October and May 2026, the government has spent $742 billion servicing the debt burden, an increase on the $674 billion spent for the same period last year.

Fortune

ACA Enrollment Fraud Now Tops 6 Million — And Taxpayers Are Footing a $27 Billion Bill

A sweeping new report released today confirms what critics of the Affordable Care Act have warned for years: millions of ineligible individuals are receiving federally subsidized health coverage, draining tens of billions in public funds through a system riddled with structural loopholes and almost no accountability.

Medical Daily

Surging Treasury yields expose a brutal truth: America has no margin for error on its $31 trillion debt

America must refinance $10 trillion in debt over the next year. Rising Treasury yields could make that a catastrophe.

Fortune

3 Dividend Kings to Buy Now to Replace the Social Security Income You're About to Lose

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report this year containing one number that should change how every American near retirement thinks about income. Here's 3 dividend stocks to replace that lost income.

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Top JPMorgan analyst maps 5 ways America's debt crisis could unfold—and the 'best case' is still alarming

JPMorgan's David Kelly maps out five scenarios for the national debt over the next decade — the best-case is pretty, pretty bad.

Fortune

As U.S. Debt Surpasses GDP, These 2 ETFs Are Emerging Winners in the “Sell America” Trade

With U.S. federal debt exceeding 100% of GDP, VXUS and IXUS offer investors international equity exposure as a hedge against rising sovereign risk.

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Trump's 'Golden Dome' Estimated To Cost $1.2 Trillion, New Report Reveals

The project’s critics have compared it to Reagan’s failed “Star Wars” initiative.

The Mary Sue

Trump promised a ‘Golden Dome’ to stop missiles. Now, experts say it’s a $1.2tn gift to defense contractors with a fatal weakness

Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system is shaping up to be one of the most expensive military projects in U.S. history and experts say it might not even work when it matters most. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated the system will cost a staggering $1.2 trillion over…

Fortune

The deficit just grew by $955 billion in 7 months. It's time for a constitutional fix to control the budget

Interest payments just hit $628 billion. Decades of failed congressional fixes prove that only a constitutional amendment can break Washington's addiction.

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Cost estimate for 'Golden Dome' missile defense system balloons to $1.2 trillion

It will likely cost about $1.2 trillion to develop and operate President Trump's planned "Golden Dome" missile defense system, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report.

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The Economic Times

Trump's proposed 'Golden Dome' estimated to cost USD 1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said

President Donald Trump's ambitious "Golden Dome" missile defense system is projected to cost a staggering USD 1.2 trillion over two decades. This futuristic plan, intended to protect America, is significantly more expensive than initially announced. The Congressional Budget Office analysis highlights the substantial financial commitment required for this advanced defense…

International Business Times

'Trust Doesn't Collapse Overnight': Experts Warn US Debt Is Now Accelerating America's Rivalry With China

The US is projected to borrow over $2 trillion in a fiscal year, raising concerns among economists about fiscal sustainability and geopolitical implications, with interest payments rivaling major federal expenditures.

Fortune

Treasury expected to borrow $2 trillion this year to continue functioning—more than $166 billion every month

"Markets will only tolerate our unsustainable borrowing for so long; the risk of a fiscal crisis gets higher as the days pass. We need deficit reduction urgently."

Reason

Republicans Want To Borrow Every Single Dollar of the $72 Billion Bill To Fund ICE and Trump's Ballroom

The party of fiscal responsibility strikes again.

Axios

What is, and isn't, worrying about 100% debt to GDP

The details of how the debt got there and where it's going are quite a bit more problematic than the ratio itself.

Fortune

Interest on U.S. debt is becoming a top driver of future deficits, as the sheer size of past borrowing overwhelms the fiscal outlook

"In a 'Fiscal Dominance' regime, the Fed's ability to aggressively hike rates to curb inflation is constrained, as doing so risks a fiscal or financial crisis."

Fortune

‘Cut up the credit cards:’ Members of Congress are getting brutal about ‘embarrassing’ $39 trillion national debt

“It’s only going to get worse until we cut up the credit cards and get serious.”

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