🔊 The US national debt has surged past $40 trillion. ‘The US cannot continue on this trajectory with the tax rates that it currently has, giving out the benefits ... that it currently does, @​jacobbogage tells the Reuters World News podcast ↧ PODCAST: Iran and the midterms, Xi in Egypt and conscripts in Green... Top aides to President Donald Trump want to keep a lid on Iran war escalations ahead of the midterms.