‘Republicans ran up the tab’: Democrats outraged over $40tn national debt – live

US national deficit has doubled over the past decade with spending growing under Trump and Biden US gross national debt tops $40tn for first time Sign up for the US Breaking News email The weekly Labor Department report for jobless claims dropped to 206,000 last week from a revised 212,000 the week before, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Claims typically hover between 200,000 and 230,000. The weekly jobs report is viewed as a proxy for layoff notices. Continue reading...

George Chidi (now) and Vivian Ho (earlier) · Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 6:05 AM
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‘Republicans ran up the tab’: Democrats outraged over $40tn national debt – live

US national deficit has doubled over the past decade with spending growing under Trump and Biden

The weekly Labor Department report for jobless claims dropped to 206,000 last week from a revised 212,000 the week before, the Associated Press reported Thursday.

Claims typically hover between 200,000 and 230,000. The weekly jobs report is viewed as a proxy for layoff notices.

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