Dec. 18: Senators continue work on border, aid bill. Drownings a daily occurrence along border.

Updated: Dec 18, 2023 / 06:27 AM CST

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) leaves the Senate Chamber to address reporters following a series of votes on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

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Good morning! It’s Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️. Senators work on ‘best and last chance’ for bipartisan border deal

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) leaves the Senate Chamber to address reporters following a series of votes on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

2. GOP candidates barnstorm Iowa ahead of caucuses

FILE - Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with audience members during a meet and greet, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Denison, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump was the first choice of 51% of likely Iowa caucus participants in a Des Moines Register-NBC News-Mediacom Iowa Poll published Monday, Dec. 11. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has vowed that he will win Iowa, had the support of 19%. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) — FILE – Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with audience members during a meet and greet, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Denison, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump was the first choice of 51% of likely Iowa caucus participants in a Des Moines Register-NBC News-Mediacom Iowa Poll published Monday, Dec. 11. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has vowed that he will win Iowa, had the support of 19%. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

3. Drownings a daily occurrence at the US-Mexico border, officials say

New sections of the steel bollard-style border wall stand along the US-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana on May 10, 2021, in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego County, California. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

4. NBA G League player in custody in connection with woman’s Las Vegas disappearance: Sources

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