US national debt surpassed $40 trillion on August 19 as borrowing costs climb and 30-year Treasury yields hit their highest since 2007 under

US debt: While voters may not focus on the issue until the country's fiscal problems translate into benefit cuts or tax hikes, the fallout hits them just the same in the form of…

The national debt has surged past $40 trillion in the first 19 months of Trump’s second term