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

By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square(Worthy News) – 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 fiscal year 2027 appropriations bills – ca