$40,047,425,768,420 in U.S. Debt, and an Experimental Vaccine for Skin Cancer

美国国债高达40.0474亿亿,以及一种用于皮肤癌的实验性疫苗

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2026-08-20

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Plus, could tweaking flight paths reduce global warming?  Here’s what we’re covering: U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues, by Alan Rappeport Israel Opens Criminal Inquiries Into Killings of Hind Rajab, 5, and of Medics, by Isabel Kershner A New mRNA Vaccine Could Prevent Skin Cancer From Returning, by Carolyn Y. Johnson U.K. to Test Whether Tweaks to Trans-Atlantic Flight Paths Affect Global Warming, by Leo Sands Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com.   Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • I'm Tracy Mumford.

  • Today's Thursday, August 20th.

  • Here's what we're covering.

  • The U.S. National debt has now hit a record high, passing $40 trillion for the first time ever yesterday.

  • About half of that is just interest payments to investors who have purchased American debt,

  • pushing the country into a deep financial hole, which is only expected to get deeper.

  • This year alone, the U.S.

  • Is on track to borrow another two plus trillion dollars to cover the costs of, among other things,

  • the war in Iran and the tax cuts Republicans passed last year.

  • We have increased the national debt, almost doubled it since George Bush took office.

  • For years, presidents of both parties have vowed to get the debt under control.