Fact check: National debt, fake wifi charges and the cost of rebuilding Gaza

Multiple posts on Facebook and X have claimed that the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to give £40 billion to ...

U.S. public debt hits record $37.9 trillion, rising $25 billion daily as fiscal crisis deepens — is tariff policy enough as debt-to-GDP climbs 124%?

The US national debt has hit a record $37.8 trillion. It keeps rising fast. The government is borrowing $25 billion every day ...

US budget deficit dips in fiscal 2025 on boost from tariffs, education spending cuts

The U.S. budget deficit shrank by $41 billion to $1.775 trillion in the 2025 fiscal year as an increase in revenue from ...

U.S. Deficit Narrows 2% to $1.775 Trillion for Fiscal Year 2025

The federal government ended fiscal year 2025 with a deficit of $1.775 trillion, down about $41 billion or 2% from the year before, Treasury Department officials said Thursday. The decrease was fueled ...

U.S. runs another huge budget deficit in 2025 — and the national debt hits another record

The U.S. government ran a slightly smaller budget shortfall in the most recent year thanks to higher tariff revenue — but the ...
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Private Equity’s EA Takeover: Corruption, Contradictions and Exploitation

I was excited to play Battlefield 6, the long-awaited update to Electronic Arts’ (EA) most popular military shooter series, this weekend after its launch ...
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How the IMF and US Helped Loot and Entrap Argentina with Debt

Milei took office in December 2023, and Argentina has been in deep recession since then. The recession has been caused by ...