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Josh Israel

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Former senior investigative reporter at ThinkProgress and former head of money-in-politics reporting at the Center for Public Integrity.

FILE - Poll workers set up ballot-marking machines at an early in-person voting site at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Marshall, North Carolina.

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Great Smoky Mountains Railroad diesel engine No. 2668 in Nantahala, North Carolina.

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Closeup of a pinball machine.

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The U.S. Capitol is seen beyond vines in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2026 ahead of President Trump's upcoming State of the Union address.

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