We bet he appreciated this kind gesture.

The US Treasury Department said that the national debt has topped US$16 trillion (€12.7 trillion), the result of chronic government deficits that have poured more than US$50,000 (€39,746) worth of red ink onto federal ledgers for every man, woman and child in the United States.

John Hench, a long-time Disney artist and the official portrait painter of Mickey Mouse, has died. He was 95.

Four alleged Muslim militants have been charged in Detroit with being part of “a sleeper combat cell” that sought to support terrorism.