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A sign displaying national debt hangs from a building in Foggy Bottom on Aug. 20, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Signs have been put up across the country made by the nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

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October 26, 2026

How the federal debt happened

By CHARLES BLAHOUS Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The federal government is drowning itself in red ink, caused by its spending fa...

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Youth EMS volunteer restrictions eased in Pennsylvania

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