Friday, June 2 — 1 significant news story

US debt ceiling lifted, averting financial crisis

Today ChatGPT read 1057 top news stories and gave 1 of them a significance score over 7.

The news with a rating > 7 repeats what we already covered in previous issues (Russia’s air strikes on Ukraine), so I won’t include it here. But I’ll add this article, that concludes the US debt ceiling story:

[6.1] US Senate passes bill to lift government's debt ceiling. — Reuters

The US Senate passed a legislation supported by the President to raise the country's debt ceiling to around $31 trillion, preventing a potential default. The decision came after prolonged disagreements between Democrats and Republicans, and was passed by the House of Representatives before reaching the Senate. If Congress had not taken action, the Treasury Department warned it might not have been able to pay all its bills. This legislation ensures the country can continue to pay its bills, averting financial crisis and potential job losses.

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