CNS News:
The debt of the federal government topped $26 trillion for the first time on Tuesday, when it climbed from $25,960,547,920,986.11 to $26,003,751,512,344.91, according to data released today by the Treasury Department.
The federal debt had topped $24 trillion for the first time on April 7, 2020.
It then climbed another trillion dollars in just 28 days, topping $25 trillion for the first time on May 5.
Only 35 days had elapsed from when the debt topped that $25-trillion threshold on May 5 to yesterday, when it topped $26 trillion for the first time.
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