Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol's immigration crackdown in North Carolina
The Trump administration's deployment of Border Patrol agents in North Carolina prompted a range of claims about the operation, some of which are misleading.
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About 42 million people participate in SNAP, which provides food assistance to low-income households. But online, X users have fueled doubts about the program's beneficiaries.
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Fact check: Pritzker said Trump 'shut down the SNAP machines'