Biden: US-Mexico border will be ‘chaotic for a while’

President Biden is predicting chaos at the southern border as COVID-era asylum restrictions expire. With the Title 42 policy ending on Thursday, a set of new immigration rules will go into effect. The president said his administration is doing all it can to make it an orderly process, but he made this prediction: “it’s going to be chaotic for a while.” Mr. Biden and Mexico’s president spoke for roughly an hour on Tuesday to discuss the border.

Biden, McCarthy meet on debt limit, agree to meet again

President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy remain at odds over how to avoid a debt default. Following Oval Office talks on how to raise the debt ceiling, the president and the speaker offered different takes on their high-stakes meeting. McCarthy stopped short of guaranteeing there would be no default, while the president declared that failure to meet America’s obligations “is not an option.”
The leaders plan to meet again on Friday.

Biden admin prepares for border surge as health rules expire