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A $2 trillion deficit looms over the midterms

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal budget deficit rose to nearly $2 trillion for the past fiscal year, which ended September 30, the Treasury Department reported Friday. It was the largest annual deficit since 2021, during the height of the pandemic, when the federal government doled out supp...

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