US gross national debt tops $40tn for first time

Milestone marks years of government spending that grew under both Donald Trump and Joe Biden US debt reached $40tn for the first time on Wednesday, the US treasury department said, after the government deficit doubled over the last decade. The treasury’s latest debt balance showed $40.047tn on Tuesday afternoon, the highest in US history. Continue … Read more

Ex-counterterrorism chief advocates for Trump to ‘walk away from’ Iran war, yank troops out of Middle East

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, who resigned in March due to his opposition to the Iran war, contends that President Donald Trump should remove U.S. combat troops from the Middle East. During an interview with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, he said Republicans and Democrats both support U.S. involvement in “endless foreign wars,” … Read more

Another democratic socialist victory – Angie Nixon in Florida – sends shock waves through party establishment

‘They call us extreme, they call us radical,’ the progressive candidate said. ‘But I think people see through that’ US politics live – latest updates It wasn’t supposed to be this way. In conservative Florida, Alex Vindman – a retired army intelligence officer who blew this whistle on Donald Trump in his first term – … Read more