Biden builds bridges with McConnell in Kentucky amid House speaker saga

President Joe Biden delivered a speech about the need for bipartisan cooperation in front of a Kentucky bridge on Wednesday afternoon — with one of his biggest congressional adversaries in attendance.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) met Biden at the airport and sat for his remarks just south of Cincinnati. The president thanked McConnell for his support of bipartisan legislation.

"Mitch, it's great to be with you," Biden said. "I asked permission if I could say something nice about him. I said I'd campaign for him or against him,...