Democrats seek unlikely debt ceiling savior: Mitch McConnell 

With time running short and the danger of a national default growing, Democrats are hoping an unlikely savior will come to the rescue: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). Democratic lawmakers say McConnell and other Senate Republicans are fooling themselves if they think Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is in a position to reach a debt ceiling deal with President Biden. They believe McCarthy is under tremendous pressure not to agree to any deal Democrats would accept becau