Classified briefing devolves into shouting as senators fight over border provisions in Ukraine-Israel aid package
By Lauren Fox, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN 5 minute read
Updated 10:56 PM EST, Tue December 5, 2023
A classified briefing Tuesday on Ukraine devolved into a shouting match about border security as senators described a tense meeting that did little to break the Senate’s stalemate over whether to include tighter immigration policies in the aid package.
The meeting came as Republican senators have warned they are prepared to vote against advancing a more than $100 billion supplemental national security package unless it includes major border policy changes, casting doubt on whether the aid will pass this year.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gave his description of what unfolded and said the fight over the border erupted when Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, asked GOP Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma to present on the border instead of asking a question about Ukraine to the briefers.
Kim Jong Un weeps as he calls on North Korean women to have more children to stem birth rate decline
By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un implored women in the East Asian country to have more children and raise them as “communists,” and wept as he delivered the emotional address to an enraptured audience.
“Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,” Un said, dabbing tears away with a white handkerchief.
During a Fifth National Conference of Mothers in Pyongyang, Un tackled “housekeeping duties,” which included calling upon women to fulfill their duties and strengthening national power by having more children.
As Biden fund-raises in Boston, some young voters feel ‘meh’ about his reelection
President Biden’s trip to Boston is part of a weeklong fund-raising effort to bolster his campaign coffers as part of his 2024 reelection bid.
Biden in Boston: ‘If Trump wasn’t running I’m not sure I’d be running’
Speaking to campaign donors in Boston Tuesday, President Joe Biden said he wasn’t sure he’d be running for reelection if former President Donald Trump wasn’t also in the race, warning about the risk to democracy in 2024
Great-niece of E.B. White shares, embodies literary works
TOWNSEND — Lindsay Morand was just awarded the 2023 William E. May Endowment Fund Award for the many community service activities she’s involved with locally. But she also has a wider sphere of influence –worldwide, in fact. That’s thanks to the level of dedication she brings to spreading the beauty she sees inside the artistic works of her great-uncle…
