https://thedailyledgerhq.com/ U.S. federal spending and the national debt, in plain English. Nonpartisan, sourced from U.S. Treasury data. en-us https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/who-owns-the-us-debt.html About 70% of the $40.25 trillion national debt is owed to Americans: the Social Security trust funds, the Federal Reserve, mutual funds, and banks. Foreign countries hold about $9.25 trillion. The full breakdown. 2026-10-07 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/who-owns-the-us-debt.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/where-does-the-money-go.html Every major federal spending category in FY2026, ranked — from Social Security's $1.53 trillion to net interest's $1.02 trillion. 2026-09-30 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/where-does-the-money-go.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/where-does-the-money-come-from.html Income taxes, payroll taxes, customs duties and more: the $4.85 trillion federal revenue mix for FY2026, sourced line by line. 2026-09-30 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/where-does-the-money-come-from.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/what-is-the-deficit.html The deficit and the debt are the two most confused words in fiscal policy. Here is the difference, with the actual FY2026 numbers. 2026-09-30 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/what-is-the-deficit.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/what-is-the-debt-ceiling.html The debt ceiling is a legal cap on how much the U.S. Treasury can borrow. When the $40.25 trillion debt hits the limit, Congress must raise it or the government cannot pay its bills. How it works, in plain English. 2026-10-07 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/what-is-the-debt-ceiling.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/how-big-is-the-national-debt.html $40.10 trillion, about $117,000 per resident, growing roughly $6 billion a day. The full picture of the U.S. national debt. 2026-09-30 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/how-big-is-the-national-debt.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/daily-number-sep-28-2026.html Deposits of $34.9 billion beat withdrawals of $20.7 billion on September 28, 2026. What moved in and out of the Treasury's accounts. 2026-09-30 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/daily-number-sep-28-2026.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/daily-brief-oct-6-2026.html USAspending data shows the seven days ending October 2 included $4.47B from Homeland Security and a $482M shipbuilding award, the classic end-of-fiscal-year surge in federal obligations. 2026-09-30 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/daily-brief-oct-6-2026.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/daily-brief-oct-3-2026.html Treasury data shows the national debt reached $40.26T on October 1, up $88.8 billion from the prior day, as daily withdrawals outpaced deposits by $90.3 billion. 2026-09-30 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/daily-brief-oct-3-2026.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/daily-brief-oct-2-2026.html On September 30, the last day of fiscal year 2026, total U.S. federal debt rose $74.9 billion to $40.17T, the largest one-day increase in recent data. 2026-09-30 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/daily-brief-oct-2-2026.html https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/contracts-week-oct-3-2026.html From September 26 to October 2, federal agencies obligated about $18.4 billion in new contracts. Homeland Security led at $4.46 billion, and the single biggest award was $482 million for one ship. 2026-10-03 https://thedailyledgerhq.com/articles/contracts-week-oct-3-2026.html