Rae Deng
Rae Deng joined Snopes in late 2024 after covering state legislatures across the country, most recently at the Washington State Standard, where they reported on topics like K-12 education, public health, immigration and criminal justice. They have also covered statehouse policy and politics in Minnesota and Ohio. Their freelance reporting, primarily focused on race, equity, disability and identity, has appeared in HuffPost, STAT News and other publications. Rae lives in Tacoma, Washington, with their partner and a very stinky cat. In their free time, they enjoy throwing pots at a local ceramics studio, reading cozy fantasy books and playing open-world video games. Rae previously published under the byline "Grace Deng."
Written by: Rae Deng
April 30, 2025 (Updated: May 5, 2025)
Social media posts claimed the health secretary backed a White House plan to end a program that ...
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April 30, 2025
Yes, his mother once accused him of being an "abuser of women." No, he does not have Nazi tattoos.
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April 29, 2025
Donald Trump's administration moved at breakneck speed during the first 100 days of his second t ...
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April 27, 2025
Prisoners can submit up to 12 book reviews a year and reduce their sentences by four days per bo ...
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April 25, 2025
Instead, Trump seeks to roll back attempts to fix racial disparities in school discipline, which ...
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April 25, 2025 (Updated: May 27, 2025)
The youngest son of U.S. President Donald Trump broke from his family's tradition when he decide ...
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April 24, 2025
Kennedy's plan to eliminate the dyes needs the food companies to go along — he doesn't appear to ...
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April 23, 2025
The Academy Award-winning comedian and actor died in 2014.
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April 22, 2025 (Updated: May 8, 2025)
NIH already keeps a list of registries for various diagnoses, but the "autism registry" report c ...
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April 22, 2025
Rumors about the alleged hammer ritual spread amid Pope Francis' passing in April 2025.
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April 21, 2025 (Updated: May 27, 2025)
Claims about Barron Trump being rejected from various universities spread amid his father's thre ...
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April 21, 2025
Decades before pop star Kesha sang about brushing her teeth "with a bottle of Jack," companies s ...
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April 18, 2025
While Jennifer Sura Vasquez sought a temporary protective order for alleged physical assault, sh ...
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April 18, 2025
The ad was from refurbished tech retailer Back Market — not Apple.
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April 17, 2025
GiveSendGo, the donation platform used by the Anthony family, confirmed that no funds have been ...
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April 16, 2025
A deadline to end animal testing set in Trump's first term applied only to certain creatures.
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April 16, 2025
The White House has yet to provide credible proof that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, is an MS-13 gan ...
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April 16, 2025 (Updated: March 4, 2026)
The legislation must still pass the Senate before it can become law.
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April 15, 2025
Trump may be a frequent poster on Truth Social, his social media platform, but that doesn't mean ...
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April 13, 2025
Rumors with varying degrees of truth are swirling amid U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping im ...
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