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Anna Rascouët-Paz

Anna Rascouët-Paz is based in Brooklyn, NYC, and has worked at Bloomberg News, Annual Reviews, and WNYC (Radiolab), making complex subjects accessible to diverse audiences. She has expanded the digital presence of both Annual Reviews and Radiolab, creating deeply researched, engaging content. She has a strong background in economics, business and science, and speaks English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese fluently.Got tips? Reach out to her on Signal at rascouetsnopes.41 or via email at anna@snopes.com.

Unpacking claims Ilhan Omar's daughter called for 'death to the colonial empire' on Instagram

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 12, 2025

Isra Hirsi, the daughter of the Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, appeared to have shared ...

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Trump reportedly named 22-year-old college grad to lead counterterrorism. Here's what we know

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 12, 2025

Thomas Fugate recently graduated and has no national security experience, a ProPublica report said.

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Don't fall for photos of Pope Leo XIV tumbling down stairs

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 11, 2025

The misleading posts included one real photo and two AI-generated images of Pope Leo XIV.

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11 rumors regarding Caitlin Clark we've addressed

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 11, 2025

The basketball prodigy and WNBA star has been the target of many rumors, few of them true.

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Clarifying claims Beethoven's 5th symphony destroyed 20% of cancer cells in lab tests

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 11, 2025

Claims spreading online distorted a Brazilian research team's findings on the effects of music o ...

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Breaking down claims Stephen Miller's wife, Katie, left him for Elon Musk

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 8, 2025

Reports that Katie Miller left DOGE to work for Musk led the internet to speculate she had left ...

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Rep. Jack Kimble, who said he didn't know Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' was a real budget, is a satirical character

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 6, 2025

Kimble's satirical post came as many Republican House representatives admitted to not having rea ...

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Breaking down rumor Trump appointed 22-year-old college grad to lead counterterrorism

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 6, 2025

Thomas Fugate is a recent graduate with no national security experience, according to a report b ...

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Morgan Freeman didn't lecture Karoline Leavitt about racism on live TV

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 5, 2025

The rumor originated as so-called "AI slop" — cheap, low quality content generated by artificial ...

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Breaking down resurfaced rumors that Harvey Milk was a pedophile

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 4, 2025

The rumor came back to life in spring 2025 amid efforts to rename a Navy ship christened to hono ...

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A sign on a white building says FEMA next toa symbol of an eagle with U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY on it.

FEMA's acting head David Richardson said he did not know about US hurricane season

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 3, 2025

An official from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, said he meant th ...

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Unpacking rumor that Stephen Miller's wife, Katie, left him for Elon Musk

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 2, 2025

Katie Miller's reported departure from DOGE to work for Musk had the internet speculating that s ...

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GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill' seeks to lower age of dependents from under 18 to under 7 for SNAP food assistance

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 2, 2025

Experts say the bill would complicate access to food for more than one million children.

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A group of people are gathered together. To the left, "Lesbians + GAY Right's NOW".

How June became Pride Month in the U.S.

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 1, 2025

The 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, which acted as a catalyst for the LGBTQ liberation mo ...

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A crowd of people sit in what appears to be white folding chairs. Two people wear shirts that say HARVARD in white letters.

Breaking down claim student from Norway was evacuated from Harvard

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 28, 2025

The rumor cited vague "safety concerns" as the reason for repatriating the student to Norway.

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Did Aristotle say excellence is a habit?

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 26, 2025

"We're what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" may have been attrib ...

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A white man playing a guitar performs while standing next to a microphone.

Jeep announced it was 'parting ways' with Bruce Springsteen after criticizing Trump?

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 25, 2025

The account that spread the rumor is known for its "satirical" content.

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Unpacking claims GOP's 'big beautiful bill' lowers age of dependents from 18 to 7 years old

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 23, 2025

The bill lowers the age of dependents from under 18 to under seven years old, but only in the co ...

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Look out for claims comedian Abby McEnany is dead

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 21, 2025

This is only the latest celebrity death hoax.

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14 rumors about Michelle Obama we've investigated

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

May 20, 2025

The former first lady of the U.S. has been at the center of many false rumors.

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