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support. It's June 2nd, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Chris Cottonware. Our top

stories from international outlets this morning. According to the BBC, the US Congress has approved

a deal to lift the country's borrowing limit. Days before the world's largest economy is due

to default on its debt. The bipartisan measure sped through the Senate by a vote of 63 to 36,

a day after it cleared the US House of Representatives. President Joe Biden has said he will enact

the measure into law. His signature on the bill will spare the US from a catastrophic default

on its $31.4 trillion debt. Among the four Democrats who voted against were left-wing Senators Bernie

Sanders, John Federman, and Elizabeth Warren. Senators first proposed 11 amendments to the debt

ceiling bill, but they were all rejected in quick order, paving the way for a final vote. If a single

one of the amendments had passed, the whole bill would have been sent back to the House,

leaving little time to ensure a final passage of the measure before the US fell off a fiscal cliff.

Political reports that European leaders mounted a powerful show of defiance and support for Ukraine

as they gathered Thursday for a historic summit in the ex-Soviet country of Moldova,

just kilometers from the Ukrainian border. But even as over 40 leaders pledged their solidarity

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