JUST IN: 🇺🇸US national debt hits a record $39.5 TRILLION, its fastest pace outside a major crisis. National debt has surged by $3.2T over the last 12 months, reaching a record $39.5T. That works out to around $8.8 billion per day, even without a crisis requiring emergency-scale spending. Only 2020 was larger, when COVID relief spending added about $4.2T. At this pace, US debt will cross $40T by October.(Coin Bureau)