US budget deficit hits record $3 trillion: CBO

And strangely not even a whimper out of trump or the GOP.

[link to thehill.com (secure)]

The federal budget deficit hit an unprecedented $3 trillion in August, with another month to go before the end of the fiscal year, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

That figure amounts to $1.9 trillion more than the same period last year, and more than double the largest yearlong deficit on record, the CBO noted on Tuesday...