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U.S. National Debt Tops $40 Trillion as Interest Costs Rise

Total U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday, drawing fresh warnings that a fiscal crisis is brewing as ballooning costs for social safety-net ​programs and interest payments far outstrip revenues held back by tax cuts.

Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has nominated White House Domestic Policy Council Deputy Director Heidi Overton to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Judge removed from Texas track meet stabbing case as defendant Karmelo Anthony seeks a new trial

The trial judge who presided over the case of Texas teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet was ordered removed from the case as the defendant seeks a new trial and appeals his conviction.

‘No serious dispute’ that Comey’s seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

The Department of Justice is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, saying “there is no serious dispute” that a social media post of seashells he made last year could be understood as a threat against President Donald Trump.