US national debt tops $35 trillion

The debt reached the new “alarming milestone” with $1 trillion in borrowing added this year alone

The US has reached “yet another dubious milestone” with its national debt surpassing the mark of $35 trillion, the US House Budget Committee announced on Monday.

The head of the Committee, Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) branded the development an “alarming milestone,” urging more fiscal and spending responsibility to fix the ballooning national-debt growth.