McCarthy end game on debt ceiling begins to come into focus

The prevailing account says Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is walking a tightrope over a shark tank in the debt ceiling talks, sidling precariously between a federal default on one side and the loss of his Speakership on the other.The prevailing account might have it all wrong.As McCarthy and President Biden race to find common ground on extending the government's borrowing authority, the Speaker has defied the doubts that came with his arduous path to the gavel, building up trust among his c