Nathan Lee

Journalist | @ABC Washington | Formerly @wusa9, @wzzm13, @KOMUnews
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The Trump-backed SAVE America Act is the administration's most recent effort to collect personal voter information, this time with a legal backing that could be more solid than previous attempts, an election rights lawyer told me. @ABC

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King Charles III, with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, walks through Statuary Hall ahead of his remarks to a joint meeting of Congress.

Coverage all day on @ABC and @ABCNewsLive.

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For @ABC:
Late Tuesday night, the head of U.S. Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, said a U.S. naval blockade had been "fully implemented" and "U.S. forces have completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea."

Here's how it works:

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Caught in the crossfire of stalled DHS funding negotiations, the country's main defender against cyberattacks has taken a hit.

More than 45 days without funding, CISA has furloughed around 60% of its workforce.

Check out my story for @ABC below:
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Former Chicago Mayor and potential 2028 presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel, in an appearance on @ABC’s @TheView on Tuesday, slammed both the Trump administration and Congress for what he portrayed as a staid, gridlocked Washington in need of “a good power washing.”

“All of Washington needs a good power washing,” Emanuel said. “Members of Congress, no trading in stocks. President, no investor day in the Oval Office. And Supreme Court, you don't get to take gifts and trips from people that actually have cases in front - the whole place needs to be washed out.”

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President Trump said the SAVE America Act "supersedes everything else," continuing a push for GOP-led election reform. The bill is facing a 60-vote Senate hurdle and a Minority Leader who says the legislation is "dead on arrival."

New article for @ABC:
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HAPPENING NOW: Debate begins on Missouri Republican’s newest effort to change how voter petitions make it into the constitution.

Under the proposed change, petitions would have to win a majority vote in each of the eight congressional districts. @KOMUnews

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An already booming Missouri cannabis industry is seeing green again amid comments from President Donald Trump, who hints that a decision on federally rescheduling marijuana could be coming in weeks.

Watch my coverage for @KOMUnews below:
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@wusa9 reached out to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office but they did not have a comment at this time.

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TODAY: DOJ flags DC again for ‘Sanctuary City’ policies alongside 18 other cities.

@AGPamBondi is threatening legal action against any party who doesn’t change their policy to support @ICEgov operations.

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“Virginia is on a path to losing its competitive edge,” @SpanbergerForVA said discussing DOGE cuts and other pressures from Washington. “The rest of the country is watching how Virginia responds.”

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RIGHT NOW: Democratic candidate for VA governor @SpanbergerForVA unveils her economic plan for the state.

Spanberger’s three prong approach includes growing the state’s workforce, increasing business investment and strengthening the Virginia’s trade.

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GROWING TRADE:
Spanberger says she aims to boost trade by investing into existing infrastructure and protecting businesses from Tariff uncertainty.

Spanberger also says she wants small businesses to sell their products abroad and build statewide trading partners overseas.

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BUSINESS INVESTMENT:
Spanberger has a mixed approach to investment including small and larger businesses in her plan.

She says she intends to strengthen investment by preparing areas for businesses to move in, grow small business grant programs and standardize permit processes.

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT:
Spanberger focuses most of her efforts on workforce development through programs targeting middle and high school students.

This includes building apprentice/internship programs and growing dual-enrollment courses for industries with job loss.

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HAPPENING NOW: Parents from the Texas flood disaster area stand in front of the @WhiteHouse demanding the Trump administration return all funding to @NOAA, @fema and the @NWS.

They stand behind 27 trunks representing the lives lost from floods through Camp Mystic.

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HAPPENING NOW: VA Gov. @GlennYoungkin announces partnership with @Google to boost AI training statewide.

Youngkin says tailoring people’s training for the growing AI landscape can help fill some of the ~200k open jobs in VA.

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@MCPS SUPPORT: “A government cannot condition … free public education on parents’ acceptance of such instruction.” - Justice Alito

DISSENT: “Exposure to new ideas has always been a vital part… The reverberations… will be felt, I fear, for generations.” - Justice Sotomayor

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BREAKING NEWS from SCOTUS:
I sat in for the final day of opinions on a couple bombshell cases for @wusa9.

FIRST UP:
6-3 against “Universal Injunctions.” Most of those stories where judges ‘blocked’ one of Trumps orders relate to this. 🧵

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@MCPS Parents are now ALLOWED to opt their children out of topics in school that hurts their ability to raise them in their religion.

This case focused on LGBTQ+ topics in books, with some saying their inclusion in curriculums infringes on parents rights.