Biden expected to make 2024 White House announcement this week – live

• Democratic president yet to confirm 2024 re-election bid
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Good morning, US politics blog readers. Today may be the last day the worst-kept secret in Washington is actually a secret. Joe Biden has been expected to announce his re-election campaign for months, and is reportedly going to make the bid public in a video to be released this week, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. There’s a lot to say about this decision, and plenty of time to say it – the election takes place on 5 November, 2024. But here’s one thing that can be said right now: Biden currently has no serious primary challengers, while Donald Trump is at this point the far and away favorite among Republicans. Next year’s elections could look a lot like the 2020 campaign – but with some key differences that we’ll get to on the blog later on.

Here’s what else is happening today:

Biden will at 3.15pm eastern time welcome to the White House the “Tennessee Three” – the trio of Democratic Tennessee state lawmakers who protested noisily for gun control on the chamber floor, two of whom were (unsuccessfully) expelled for it.

Congress will be dominated this week by the House GOP bill to increase the debt limit while also slashing government spending and implementing a number of conservative priorities. Democrats hate it, but the debt ceiling needs to be increased at some point in the next few weeks, no matter what.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters at 1.15pm.