Kevin McCarthy gives away the House to become speaker. Joe Biden takes his first presidential trip to the US-Mexico border. And the first Gen Z member of Congress Maxwell Alejandro Frost stops by the pod.

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Show Notes 

• WSJ: The last-minute drama that momentarily derailed McCarthy — again
• AP: McCarthy’s next big task: Win GOP support for House rules
• Punchbowl: The fight over the debt ceiling is already here
• Axios: McCarthy’s fast start: Big Tech is a top target
• CBSNewsPoll: Inflation, cooperation and…investigation? Americans on what the new Congress should — and shouldn’t — deliver
• PoliticoOpinion: The Party of One Becomes the Party of None
• CNN: McCarthy speaker saga shows Trump is far from untouchable ahead of 2024
• Punchbowl: McCarthy’s first test
• Playbook: Speaker McCarthy’s first governing test
• NYT: Biden Visits Southern Border Amid Fresh Crackdown on Migrants
• CNN: Biden makes tightly controlled visit to the southern border, his first as president
• Politico: Migration issues cast long shadow over Biden’s visit to ‘3 Amigos’ summit
• WaPo editorial board: Congress left Biden little choice on the border
• WaPo: the Daily 202: Bipartisan bridge, border tour: Biden starts to hone his 2024 pitch Fox: Biden departs El Paso after brief border visit without seeing most impacted areas, critics say
• White House tweet
• Aaron Rupar tweet
• The Recount tweet
• RNC Research tweet
• Fox: Texas Gov. Abbott greets Biden with scathing letter as president visits border: ‘Emboldened the cartels’
• El Paso Times: Greg Abbott offers handshake, direct letter on border policies to Joe Biden during El Paso visit
• Politico: Texas Republican irritated he wasn’t invited to join Biden at border
• WaPo: Immigration pivot shows Biden facing hard reality of border politics
• The Intercept: Biden’s Border Plan Drapes Trump Policies in Liberal Rhetoric
• NYT: Biden Announces Major Crackdown on Illegal Border Crossings