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Fetterman joins fiscal hawks to sound alarm as national debt nears staggering $37T
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The U.S. national debt is rapidly approaching $37 trillion with no signs of slowing down as President Donald Trump’s «big, beautiful bill» is projected to raise budget deficits by $2.4 trillion over a decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) dynamic analysis.
Senators from both parties sounded the alarm on the staggering debt crisis in interviews with Fox News Digital on Capitol Hill.
«I’m very, very deeply concerned about that,» Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said. «I think that’s gonna be part of the next big crisis, where we are gonna have to confront our national debt because it wasn’t that long ago that a trillion was unthinkable, and now that there’s 40 trillion approaching in our debt, we really have to address it, honestly.»
Trump signed his «one big beautiful bill» by Congress’ self-imposed July 4 deadline. It includes the fulfillment of Trump’s key campaign promises through the reconciliation process, including tax cuts and reforms to immigration, energy and Medicaid.
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The U.S. national debt is more than $36 trillion. (Fox News Digital)
But conservative fiscal hawks, including Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who voted no and regularly sports a national debt clock badge, threatened to derail its passage as they spoke out against its contribution to the national debt.
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Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., a Trump ally and advocate for the bill, told Fox News Digital, «The time for tough conversations is now.»
She said the United States must continue to look for waste, fraud and abuse—a nod to former Trump-ally turned online foe, Elon Musk, who spearheaded efforts to cut government spending via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) earlier this year, before a well-documented fallout between Trump.
«When you think of things like Social Security and Medicare, people say that they could be insolvent within the next eight years,» arguing that interest on the U.S. debt and mandatory spending on programs, like Medicaid, are taking up a big portion of the pie.
Elon Musk led the Trump administration’s effort to cut waste, fraud and abuse in government spending. ( Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«We’ve got to make sure that we are more responsible with taxpayer dollars,» Britt added.
Meanwhile, freshman Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, described the U.S. debt crisis as a «moral failing that we leave this country to our kids and grandkids with this kind of level of debt.»
«$37 trillion of debt is unimaginable, right? We’ve got to balance our budget. We need to do it right now. If we don’t do it, what’s going to happen is interest [rates] are going to go up. Inflation is not going to be under control. It’s real simple,» Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., agreed, «We need to focus on spending, spending, spending. I’ve been beating this drum really since I got here, but particularly with this administration, since January 1st, trying to return to a reasonable pre-pandemic level spending.»
Demonstrators carry cardboard caskets in front of the U.S. Capitol in protest of President Donald Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts package on Monday, June 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
While Republicans have led the charge on eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in government spending, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said the number one priority should be reversing «all these massive tax breaks of billionaires and millionaires in America.»
Trump’s megabill included an extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), as well as new tax breaks on tipped wages and overtime.
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Markey added, «We can save trillions and trillions of dollars that are going to be wasted in our country by giving these massive taxpayers by the trillions to the wealthiest. We also have to re-examine our defense budget. We actually don’t need a whole new generation of nuclear weapons.»
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Trump border czar leaves door open to ICE deployment in other sanctuary cities as feds leave Minneapolis
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Tom Homan, the border czar appointed by President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration, believes the administration may still deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in other sanctuary cities as federal agents wind down their presence in Minnesota.
Homan said he thinks that possibility depends entirely on whether cities with policies shielding illegal immigrants decide to cooperate with federal immigration efforts.
«I think it depends on the situation,» Homan said in an interview with CBS on Sunday. «I’ve said from day one that, you know, we need to flood the zone and sanctuary cities with additional agents. The number of agents depends on the situation on the ground [and] how many known criminal targets are out there.»
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Border czar Tom Homan speaks during a news conference about ongoing immigration enforcement operations on Jan. 29, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Homan’s comments come as the administration looks to redirect its immigration enforcement goals while, at the same time, taking its focus off of Minneapolis by ending Operation Metro Surge.
Several cities voiced opposition to Trump’s immigration crackdown from the outset of his second term, making it an official position of obstructing the administration’s work.
In some cases, cities limited their partnerships with ICE by denying them access to holding facilities, refusing to share intelligence, or instructing local law enforcement to disregard their operations.
Minneapolis was one of them.
But the Twin Cities began to draw special attention from Trump and Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem last year when links surfaced between the state’s Somali immigrant community and as much as $9 billion in state benefits fraud.
In response, the administration began deploying a heavy ICE presence to Minneapolis as part of Operation Metro Surge and framed it as a way to push back on illegal alien criminals in the city. In its first press release on the operation, DHS revealed that ICE had arrested five Somalis and six Hispanic aliens with criminal backgrounds.
«Today, ICE announced they have arrested some of the worst criminal illegal aliens, including child sex offenders, domestic abusers and violent gang members during Operation Metro Surge,» DHS said in a statement on Dec. 4.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced on Feb. 4, 2026, that there were more than 4,000 arrests of illegal aliens in Minnesota under Operation Metro Surge. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ICE’s presence in Minneapolis soon became a lightning rod for Trump’s crackdown on immigration, sparking widespread protests and alarm from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
In particular, Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee alongside Kamala Harris, blasted what he saw as a lack of communication with local authorities and use of excessive force.
«The forcefulness, lack of communication and unlawful practices displayed by your agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota,» Walz said in a letter to Noem in December.
Operation Metro Surge ended last week in the wake of two deadly confrontations between immigration enforcement and civilians that brought renewed scrutiny on DHS and also derailed congressional considerations for the agency’s 2026 funding, thrusting it into a partial shutdown on Friday.
Despite the administration’s tensions in Minnesota, Homan believes officials in sanctuary cities can avoid future clashes by steering clear of repeating Minneapolis’ policies.
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White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to the press outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 14, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
«I’m hoping other sanctuary cities look at what happened in Minnesota,» Homan said.
He believes there’s still room for agreement even amid heightened criticisms of ICE.
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«A lot of politicians are out there on the left [are] saying ‘OK, ICE, we agree. You should be focusing on public safety threats. You should focus on illegal aliens who have committed serious crimes in this country,’»
Homan did not describe what cities might be a focus for future ICE operations.
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A dos meses de las elecciones, tambalea el presidente peruano José Jeri: el Congreso definirá hoy si lo destituye
El presidente encargado del Perú, José Jerí, tiene las horas contadas. Este martes enfrenta en el Congreso un pedido de destitución por tráfico de influencias a solo dos meses de las elecciones presidenciales del 12 de abril.
De concretarse su exoneración, sería el octavo cambio presidencial en el país andino en casi una década, en medio de un convulsionado contexto político que deja al descubierto una fuerte interna entre sectores de la derecha peruana.
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Jeri, del derechista Somos Perú, asumió el poder en forma interina el 10 de octubre pasado en reemplazo de la destituida mandataria encargada, Dina Boluarte, que a su vez había llegado al gobierno después de la remoción de Pedro Castillo el 7 de diciembre de 2022.
El actual presidente debe entregar el poder el 28 de julio.
¿De qué se acusa a José Jeri?
Jeri no es un presidente popular.
Su breve mandato fue sacudido por varios escándalos. La Fiscalía abrió una investigación en su contra por tráfico de influencias. Se lo acusa de haber mantenido reuniones semiclandestinas con empresarios chinos que son contratistas del Estado y de la propia oficina presidencial.
El encuentro ocurrió el 26 de diciembre en un restaurante de comida peruano-china de Lima, al que acudió encapuchado con la aparente intención de evitar ser reconocido, según videos de cámaras de seguridad.
El presidente encargado de Perú, Jose Jeri (Foto: REUTERS/Gerardo Marin)
“Jeri ha tenido acusaciones con el tema del presupuesto. Lo peor no es que haya ido encapuchado a una reunión en el auto presidencial a hablar con contratistas del Estado. Hubo invitaciones a mujeres al Palacio (presidencial) en la noche. También se filtraron fotos de su cumpleaños donde invitó a tres señoritas, una de ellas asesinada de 80 balazos por estar vinculada con una presunta red de tráfico sexual”, dijo a TN la analista peruana Giovanna Peñaflor, directora de la encuestadora Imasen.
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Según trascendió, una mujer fue contratada en el Estado después que estuvo toda la noche en la sede de gobierno durante las celebraciones de Halloween, de acuerdo a los registros oficiales de ingreso y salida de personas. El mandatario negó todas las acusaciones.
¿Qué puede pasar con José Jerí?
A dos meses de las elecciones, la dividida derecha peruana también juega su interna en el Congreso.
“Hay un enfrentamiento entre Renovación Popular del exalcalde de Lima Rafael López Aliaga y Fuerza Popular de Keiko Fujimori”, aseguró Peñaflor. Ambos dirigentes encabezan los sondeos y luchan por el liderazgo de la derecha.
Las fuerzas conservadoras tienen mayoría en el Congreso y respaldaron a Jeri para que asumiera en reemplazo de Boluarte. López Aliaga busca ahora distanciarse del presidente encargado para no quedar “pegado” a una figura impopular y sacudida por escándalos en plena campaña. Jose Jeri se aferra al gobierno a dos meses de las elecciones (Foto: REUTERS/Gerardo Marin)
El fujimorismo, el partido más grande dentro del Congreso, es el único que mantiene cierto apoyo a Jerí, pero difícilmente pueda evitar su caída.
La suerte de Jeri, a quien sus detractores apodan “pajerín” (el diminutivo de “pajero”), dependerá de qué procedimiento adoptará el Parlamento para cesarlo en el cargo.
“Lo que se va a discutir es si procede la vacancia como cualquier presidente, o una censura. Si se lo considera como presidente encargado en su calidad de titular del Congreso, entonces alcanzará con la censura que requiere una mayoría simple de votos”, dijo a TN el analista peruano Fernando Tuesta.
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Pero para “vacar” (destitituir) a un presidente se necesitan dos tercios de los legisladores.
“En realidad esto es puro cálculo político electoral”, dijo Tuesta.
Para el analista, Jerí podría ser destituido este martes o incluso renunciar antes de asistir a la reunión legislativa.
Peñaflor dijo que el gran problema es elegir a quien eventualmente reemplace a Jeri en la transición que se avecina en el país. “No se ponen de acuerdo en el nombre”, indicó.
La favorita es la derechista Maricarmen Alva, una figura polémica que ya presidió el Congreso en 2021. La dirigente lideró la oposición contra el izquierdista presidente Castillo, lo que puede derivar en fuertes protestas de las bancadas progresistas.
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