President Joe Biden has signed a bill suspending the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever default with just two days to spare. | Reuters
The bill signing, which was closed to the press, marked a low-key, symbolic end to a crisis that vexed Washington for months, forced Biden to cut short an international trip in Asia and threatened to push the United States to the brink of an unprecedented economic crisis.
Officials later released a ten-second clip of Biden silently signing the document at the White House.
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