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US Senate votes to temporarily extend country’s debt ceiling to avert default

The US Senate voted to temporarily extend the country’s debt ceiling, less than two weeks before it was due to be reached. Disagreements over the ceiling are not new. The ongoing row between Republicans and Democrats has caused jitters in the financial markets. There were fears that the US would default on its national debt, […]

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Democrats win control of Senate with two victories in Georgia

The Democratic Party won control of the Senate and the Congress overall with two victories in the state of Georgia. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeated Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue respectively. Democrats will control the Senate, the House of Representatives and the White House for the first time since 2009. An estimated […]