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Hey, good morning. I am Playbook co-author Rachel Bade. It's Thursday, February 29th. Happy Leap Day.

Here's what's buzzing in Washington. President Joe Biden and likely GOP nominee Donald Trump

are traveling today to the U.S.-Mexico border.

This is just the latest chapter in the intense spin campaign about who's to blame for this

migrant crisis. For Trump, this trip to Eagle Pass isn't exactly surprising. He's done this before,

but for Biden, this visit to the border represents a more aggressive stance by the White

House on this issue. The president is obviously trying to shift the blame from Democrats,

who are often fingered by voters for this crisis, to Republicans who at Trump's behest just a few

months ago killed the bipartisan Senate deal to try to address the border matter.

This also obviously comes as Biden is considering executive action on the border, so we'll be

watching that closely. In other news, you got a feel for Jack Smith. Donald Trump's federal

trial for trying to overturn the 2020 election looks like it's going to be on hold for several more

months. Why? The Supreme Court last night announced that it would take up in rule on the former

president's argument that he is immune from prosecution for any actions taken while president.

Those oral arguments aren't set to start until April 22nd. So what does this mean? I'll just

read you the lead from my colleagues Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein's story. They write, quote,

as voters cast ballots this fall to decide whether Donald Trump should win another presidential

election, a federal jury may be weighing whether he attempted to steal the last one. Yes, Trump will

likely be on trial on election day. And getting back to Jack Smith, the special counsel wanted to start

this trial on March 4th, just a few days from now. It's been stalled since December, and now it's

going to be stalled even longer. On Capitol Hill, it was a bit of a

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