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Social media posts claim that the CEO of Taylor Farms, the company linked to the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak, has connections to Trump.

Most of the claims cite a large donation aimed at halting federal food inspections.

Snopes reporter Jack Izzo dug into campaign finance records and federal documents to investigate.

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We looked into how soccer officials handled the photos after social media posts claimed Trump was deliberately erased from Spain's trophy lift.

The claim circulated online after ABC and NBC did not air Trump's address live. It was available on their streaming services and featured in news coverage.

The woman was held without bail at her county jail for several months, then extradited to Fargo, North Dakota, based on AI facial recognition technology.

A rumor recirculated online claiming that immigrants without legal status in the U.S. paid more in taxes than Amazon, General Motors, IBM and Netflix combined.

But is that actually true?

Snopes reporter Anna Rascouët-Paz analyzed the study that prompted the claim and corporate annual reports to find the answer.