Laerke Christensen
Laerke Christensen is a journalist based in London, England. Prior to reporting for Snopes, she verified UGC footage for Storyful news agency, covering topics including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, U.S. college protests, and COVID in China. In addition to the UK, Laerke has lived in Denmark, Austria, and near Denver, Colorado.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 20, 2026
The rumor wasn’t eggs-actly true.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Feb. 20, 2026
A video that appeared to show Fine pressing voting buttons on other state representatives' desks ...
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Feb. 18, 2026
The claim stemmed from a Threads user's post that didn't include an audio or video recording of ...
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Feb. 18, 2026
Stories of ICE agents arresting various Black judges in different American cities circulated onl ...
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Feb. 17, 2026
The now-U.S. attorney general adopted a St. Bernard named Master Tank in October 2005. Then his ...
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Feb. 16, 2026
One social media user dared "someone" to say a photo didn't show Trump. We took up the challenge.
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Feb. 12, 2026 (Updated: Feb. 16, 2026)
Harrison died after her father's gun went off in his hands. A Texas grand jury declined to indic ...
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Feb. 11, 2026
An Al Jazeera investigation claimed Israel deployed thermobaric weapons in Gaza that could "evap ...
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Feb. 11, 2026
The FBI interviewed a man who made a series of unsubstantiated allegations against Epstein.
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Feb. 10, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice released files that showed Jeffrey Epstein was in touch with cele ...
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Feb. 10, 2026
The Department of Justice announced Epstein's death on Aug. 10, 2019, but files released in 2026 ...
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Feb. 9, 2026
Watters appeared to claim the United States owns the moon, but an international treaty begs to d ...
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Feb. 6, 2026
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the clip "an internet meme." It disappeared ...
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Feb. 6, 2026
Ratner reportedly told U.K. and U.S. media a photograph showed him, his former fiancée and Epstein.
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Feb. 5, 2026
Modern Los Angeles and many of its suburbs sit on the ancestral lands of the Gabrielino/Tongva N ...
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Feb. 5, 2026
Online searches revealed no credible reports about the opening of the alleged "Melania–Barron Tr ...
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Feb. 4, 2026 (Updated: Feb. 10, 2026)
Some accusations stemmed from an FBI interview with a unidentified man. There was no credible ev ...
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Feb. 2, 2026
The photo spread online as the Department of Justice said it released more than 3 million files ...
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Feb. 1, 2026
Several versions of the same story originated from a page that said it creates "America's favori ...
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Jan. 30, 2026
By premiere day, cinemas in London and Birmingham had sold more than one ticket to at least one ...
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