Partisan Shutdown Standoff Ignores Key Risk to US Stability: Rising National Debt - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Partisan shutdown standoff ignores key risk to US stability: rising national debt - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — The ongoing shutdown debate between Democrats and President Donald Trump’s Republicans is largely avoiding the difficult fiscal issues clouding the country’s future - the rising national debt and the long-term financial health of Social Security and Medicare. The fifteenth partial federal government shutdown since 1981 has been sparked by Democrats’ demand for spending, which would cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade accor…

STUDY: ABC, CBS, PBS NewsHour Don’t Mention National Debt ONCE on Shutdown Coverage

With all the media banter surrounding the ongoing government shutdown, ABC, CBS and PBS NewsHour seem to have conveniently forgotten that the national debt was even a major issue in this whole mess. Perhaps by emphasizing the multitrillion-dollar debt at all, the networks would be putting the Democrats in the hot seat for continuing to drag their feet on the negotiations.

Partisan shutdown standoff ignores key risk to U.S. stability: rising national debt

WASHINGTON, D.C. October 13, 2025 — The ongoing shutdown debate between Democrats and President Donald Trump’s Republicans is largely avoiding the difficult fiscal issues clouding the country’s future – the rising national debt and the long-term financial health of Social Security and Medicare. The fifteenth partial federal govern since 1981 has been sparked by Democrats’ demand for spending, which would cost about $1.5 trillion over the next de…