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
Dec. 12, 2025
The images circulated online as House Oversight Democrats continued to release photos, videos an ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 12, 2025
Funding from the "Fair Share" amendment helped support free school meals and community college, ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 10, 2025
A YouTube video posted in December 2025 claimed the EU, the U.K., Canada and Australia had annou ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 10, 2025
No, Hegseth doesn't have a swastika tattoo — although some of his ink may be associated with Chr ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 9, 2025
Save your appreciation for a real janitor.
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 9, 2025
The allegation came after USCIS directed employees to suspend all immigration applications from ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 8, 2025
As we have repeatedly reported, the claim that she married her brother lacks credible evidence.
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 5, 2025
Real pictures and videos exist of this trash panda getting sloppy — don't fall for the AI-slop v ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 5, 2025
The memo ordered a "re-review" of applications for migrants from 19 countries who arrived on or ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 5, 2025
In Donald Trump's second term, his administration enacted a policy requiring that sex markers on ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 3, 2025
The photo showed the masks surrounding what looked like a dentist's chair.
Written by: Rae Deng
Dec. 2, 2025
Don't expect to see ollies at the old folks' home anytime soon.
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 30, 2025
The artwork also depicted the former U.S. president in red high heels slumping in a chair.
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 29, 2025
Under Trump's budget bill, those in "professional degree" programs can borrow more in student lo ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 27, 2025
The artist behind the painting did not know whether Epstein purchased it, per a 2019 interview w ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 26, 2025
"I stand by the story," said John Keough, the Worcester, Massachusetts, journalist behind the re ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 25, 2025
Social media users appeared to believe a rumor spread by America's Last Line of Defense, a satir ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 22, 2025
The Democratic U.S. Senator from New York has been the subject of many rumors over the decades h ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 21, 2025
The department's proposal may impact how much money student loan borrowers can receive depending ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Nov. 20, 2025
The government shutdown delayed proceedings into Congress' investigation of the Jeffrey Epstein ...
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