Taija PerryCook
Taija PerryCook is a Seattle-based journalist. Her work began in the political sphere as a legislative correspondent for Cascade PBS and took her overseas as a reporter for the Jordan Times in Amman, Jordan, before she landed at Snopes as a fact-checker. She holds a journalism degree from the University of Washington with minors in human rights and law, societies, and justice. Passions include film photography, competitive archery, and filling her apartment with unread books.
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May 2, 2026
Rumors claiming the shooting was staged flooded social media. We investigated these claims that ...
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April 29, 2026
A 2025 verbal gaffe Omar made resurfaced in April 2026. Many posts sharing the footage omitted k ...
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April 26, 2026
A bullet grazed Trump's ear in the July 2024 shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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April 24, 2026
The University of Pennsylvania, Trump's alma mater, said it does not disclose class rankings of ...
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April 23, 2026
In an address to the nation, the Canadian prime minister did say his country's ties to the Unite ...
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April 20, 2026
The claim originated from an unreliable YouTube channel that used AI to boost engagement.
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April 20, 2026
Fabricated images flooded social media platforms after the first lady denied any close ties to J ...
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April 19, 2026
Our own screenshot from 2020 shows sparse mapping data in Lebanon, predating Israel's 2026 bombi ...
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April 14, 2026
The alleged threat attributed to the pope spread amid increasing tensions between the United Sta ...
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April 13, 2026
The Pentagon said the rumors were "grossly false and distorted" as rising tensions between the W ...
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April 10, 2026
"I have never been friends with Epstein," the U.S. first lady said in a statement on April 9, 2026.
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April 9, 2026 (Updated: April 10, 2026)
The Department of Defense confirmed the meeting took place but characterized the allegation of t ...
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April 9, 2026
Ukrainian public officials are barred from having multiple citizenships.
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April 7, 2026
The popular North Korean reporter Ri Chun-hee did not say Trump looked pudgy and overweight "at ...
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April 7, 2026
A post claimed the former attorney general released nude images of the president on Jeffrey Epst ...
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April 4, 2026
The AI-generated story alleged the senior White House adviser used shell companies to skim milli ...
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April 2, 2026
The end of Bondi's tenure as U.S. attorney general was announced April 2, 2026, following months ...
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April 2, 2026
A widely circulated article claimed paper money would be swapped for "TrumpCoin" and a line of g ...
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April 1, 2026
While this rumor was an April Fools' joke in 2026, the idea has come up more than once during Tr ...
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April 1, 2026
The president's comment referred to U.S. leveraging power in tariff negotiations.
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