3 Things To Know Today

1 Biden Visits Border For The First Time

Following criticism that he hasn’t been to the border since taking office, President Joe Biden visited the US-Mexico border yesterday. Biden stopped a migrant processing center in El Paso, Texas where he met with border officials to discuss border security issues and he also received a briefing at the Bridge of the Americas Port of Entry. It was a quiet visit with no migrants to be seen on his tour of the facility. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who joined Biden on the trip, made sure to share changes in border policy during the visit. They include incentivizing migrants to cross at a legal border crossing.  Texas Governor Greg Abbott met the president's plane and then said he hand-delivered a letter to the President in which he criticized the administration's border policies. He called the visit "20-billion dollars too late and two years too late." The president will be in Mexico City until later today to discuss migration issues with Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel Lópz Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the North American Leaders' Summit. Other topics on the agenda include fentanyl trafficking, trade and economic development. The trip comes after Biden visited the U.S-Mexico border on Sunday.

2 The List Of What Kevin McCarthy Had To Concede To For The House Speaker Seat

Kevin McCarthy became speaker of the house late Friday night / early Saturday morning on the 15th vote for the job. McCarthy has been making concessions for weeks to win over some of his colleagues like Matt Gaetz and Marjor Taylor Green. Here are the concessions Axios is reporting McCarthy had to make in order to get the gavel: McCarthy agreed to lower the number of members needed to call for a motion to vacate the speaker's chair from five down to one. He agreed to a rule that says that any move to raise the debt ceiling must also be accompanied by spending cuts. The rules package includes a resolution establishing a House select committee on the "weaponization of the federal government." McCarthy has agreed to vote individually on 12 appropriation bills, rather than one omnibus spending bill. The package also reinstates the Holman rule, which lets lawmakers amend appropriations legislation and reduce the salary of government officials. Lawmakers now get 72 hours to review bills before they come to the House floor. The rules package also includes votes on bills relating to key sticking points for conservative lawmakers, including on border security and abortion, among other areas.

3 Widespread Flooding Predicted For California This Week

Officials in California are warning residents about another round of severe weather. Over 15 million people are under flood watches across much of the state ahead of this atmospheric river event which could bring several more inches of rain today and tomorrow. Governor Gavin Newsom urges people to use common sense and said the heavy rains and flooding can be dangerous, noting 12 people have died just in the last week from storm-related weather and more than 500-thousand homes were without power yesterday. Much of California has already seen five to eight inches of rain over the last week. Add to that the two to four inches expected across the coasts and valleys and four to eight inches in the foothills and mountains and this could spell real trouble for many of the state’s residents.


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