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Report: U.S. added $1.2 trillion to national debt in six months

— The U.S. government added $1.2 trillion to the national debt over the past six months, borrowing $163 billion during March alone, the Congressional Budget Office reports.

At the current rate of borrowing, federal deficits are on track to top $2 trillion by October, the end of the current fiscal year.

But the president’s recent budget request – which lawmakers will use as a blueprint for the 12 fis…

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