Post Politics Now: On trip to border, McCarthy can expect questions about Trump and Jan. 6 - The Washington Post

Today, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is leading a group of fellow Republicans on a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border to highlight President Biden’s “border crisis.” The trip comes as McCarthy continues to face a crisis of his own stemming from his dishonesty about audio that captured him saying that President Donald Trump was to blame for the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and should resign. Expect pointed questions on that subject at a news conference in Eagle Pass, Tex., following the tour.

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Congress, meanwhile, is returning to Washington from a two-week recess. And Biden will return Monday morning from Delaware, where he spent the weekend. He later plans to welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team to the White House for another event that could feel like normal times.

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• 2 p.m. Eastern: Biden welcomes the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team to the White House. Watch live coverage here.
• 1:45 p.m. Central (2:45 p.m. Eastern): McCarthy and other GOP lawmakers hold a news conference in Eagle Pass. Tex. Watch live coverage here.
• 3 p.m. Eastern: White House press secretary Jen Psaki briefs reporters. Watch live coverage here.

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Matt Viser: The week ahead at the White House — If last week was about getting outside the Beltway, this week is about tending to matters inside of it. President Biden is expected to be in Washington all this week, with meetings scheduled with congressional leaders amid questions about key elements of his legislative priorities.Key priorities for the White House include a covid aid funding bill, Ukraine aid legislation, and trying to salvage parts of its Build Back Better agenda. Biden is also slated to meet with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Monday, where key topic of discussion is likely to be Title 42 border restrictions, something that the group wants repealed but some moderate Democrats want to continue.Biden this week also has several other items on the agenda, including welcoming the Tampa Bay Lightning to the White House on Monday to celebrate its 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup championships. On Wednesday, the president and first lady are hosting the national and state teachers of the year at the White House.Biden is also eulogizing former secretary of state Madeleine Albright at her funeral on Wednesday morning at the Washington National Cathedral.And on Saturday, he is planning to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the first time a sitting president has attended the gathering since 2016 given that former president Donald Trump skipped it.

Matt Viser, White House reporter

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Former president Donald Trump’s endorsement of Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance has hardly silenced Vance’s critics from within the Republican Party. The Club for Growth, a conservative organization, is funding ads that highlight less-than-flattering comments Vance has made about Trump in the past, including Vance’s declaration that he was “a Never Trump guy” and “never liked him.” The Club for Growth is backing another candidate in the competitive GOP primary, former Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel.

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