Washington Today (2-28-24): Sen. McConnell to step down as Republican leader after Nov. elections

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he will step down as Senate Republican Conference leader after the November elections, ending 18 years as party leader, the longest in U.S. Senate history. We will talk to Axios political reporter Eugene Scott about Sen. McConnell's legacy, and the future of Republican Party without him in a leadership position. (6)

Hunter Biden tells House Oversight and Judiciary Committee members in a closed-door deposition in the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden – “I did not involve my father in my business" and “You do not have evidence to support the baseless and MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father because there isn’t any.”

President Biden gets a physical exam, telling reporters "everything's great" and joking "they think I look too young." White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is asked whether there was a mental competency test as part of the physical.

Supreme Court hears oral argument in a case about whether the ATF had the authority to ban bump stocks, devices that make semiautomatic rifles fire as fast as fully automatics. Headlines about the case are saying the Justices are 'wrestling', 'grappling' or 'torn' over how to decide this issue.

Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters testifies about chronic staffing shortages, after a report on the rise of prisoner deaths.

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