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Anna Rascouët-Paz
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.

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Joe Morale, a white man with black-framed glasses, gestures as he speaks. Behind him is a screen with the image of clouds gathering into a hurricane and a slide with text that reads "FEDERAL GOV'T CUTS FIRST WEATHER: Central & South Florida Nat'l Weather Service is 19-39% understaffed; 17% reduction in weather balloon launches across the United States; Degraded forecast accuracy."

Did Florida weatherman say he feared he could no longer predict hurricanes because of funding cuts?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 31, 2026 South Florida meteorologist John Morales expressed the sentiment — but not in 2026, as posts sug ...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a tanned white man with gray hair, gestures and points with his right hand as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House.

RFK Jr. repeats false claim that MMR vaccine contains fetal tissue

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 31, 2026 The health secretary's inaccurate claim stems from a misunderstanding of how the measles, mumps ...
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A digitally-made image shows a golden lock suspended among representations of electronic circuits on a blue background.

Judge ruled certain AI-generated child sex abuse material is protected by First Amendment. Here's context

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 29, 2026 The federal judge said precedent forced him to make the ruling, but suggested that the law hasn’ ...
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Mark Carney, wearing a dark blue suit, blue tie and white shirt, speaks into a microphone behind a podium. He is outdoors, as the blue sky behind him indicates.

12 rumors about Canada PM Mark Carney, fact-checked

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 28, 2026 From AI-generated images to false quotes, these rumors have fooled people about the leader of Ca ...
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Mark Carney, wearing a dark blue suit, blue tie and white shirt, speaks into a microphone behind a podium that reads "Bâtir un Canada fort" ("build a strong Canada" in French). He is outside. Behind him, against a blue sky, the Canada flag floats above the Québec flag. They are blurry.

Did Trump demand changes to Canada's French language rules for trade deal? What we know

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 27, 2026 Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. officials provided different explanations for the tra ...
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Barron Trump, a young white man, looks sternly as he sits by a tanned older woman, Melania Trump, his mother.

Did Iran put $10M bounty on Barron Trump?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 26, 2026 A Secret Service spokesperson said the agency was aware of video from Iranian state TV appearing ...
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Dolly Parton, a petite blonde woman, smiles broadly and opens her arms as she stands in front of a sign that reads "Academy of Country Music Awards." She is wearing a sparkly silver outfit with a deep V-neck, long sleeves and fringes around her waist.

Dolly Parton has died at 80. Here are 20 rumors we've examined about the country music legend

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 25, 2026 The beloved star was at the heart of many claims, true and false.
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U.S. President Donald Trump stands on the tarmac with a blue sky and the top of a plane behind him. The sun hits his face. He is wearing a dark blue suit, red tie and white shirt.

Did Trump propose eliminating property taxes for some seniors?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 24, 2026 Posts claimed the president's alleged proposal would apply to people age 65 and older who have p ...
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How you can stop Google AI from accessing your Gmail, chat information

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 23, 2026 Google AI can access emails and chats if users allow it to. There is a way to opt out.
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Natalie Harp, a tall blonde woman wearing a dark blue sleeveless dress, hands a paper to U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House., flanked by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Did Natalie Harp work at the White House for more than a year without security clearance?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 21, 2026 The claim stems from an MS NOW article based on reports by four unnamed sources inside the White ...
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Against a concrete background, a red sign reading "State Farm," with its logo.

Why State Farm is distributing $5B in cash among its auto insurance customers

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 20, 2026 A spokesperson for the company confirmed the plan in an email and shared instructions for the cu ...
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The image shows a man standing in a covered parking lot. He is turning his back to the camera. He is wearing blue shorts and a black shirt with fake license plate numbers and letters, some of which are framed in purple rectangles the size of license plates.. Words in yellow at the bottom of the image read "A fashion designer is feeding Flock cameras junk data using clothes covered in fake plates."

Real shirt that confuses Flock cameras, other surveillance tech hasn't been sold for years

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 19, 2026 The garment was created by Kate Bertash, a designer and digital security expert.
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A young, blond, white man with shaggy hair speaks into a microphone. He is wearing a military green shirt with darker stripes. The text on the image reads "Addressing the [grape emoji] allegations" and "MOST SERIOUS VIDEO."

Progressive influencer Dean Withers is facing sexual misconduct allegations. Here's what we know

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 19, 2026 Withers said political opponents fabricated the allegations and impersonated a 13-year-old. He a ...
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U.S. President Donald Trump, wearing a dark blue suit, a white shirt, a red Make America Great Again hat and a U.S. flag lapel pin, holds out his hand, showing his palm as he speaks. The backround is a photograph of several brass instruments with a red forbidden round sign on top, signifying the instruments are banned.

Did Trump admin declare brass instruments a national security threat?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 18, 2026 The Department of Commerce announced it sought to impose tariffs on brass instruments, citing na ...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a tanned white man with gray hair, wears a dark gray suit, light blue shirt and navy blue tie with orange and green turtles embroidered on it. He looks down. Behind him is a window with sheer curtains and the U.S. flag.

Did RFK Jr. testify brain damage prevented him from holding a job during divorce proceedings?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 14, 2026 The claim stems from a 2024 New York Times report, which cites a 2012 deposition by Kennedy duri ...
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Karoline Leavitt, a blonde woman wearing a blue dress, standing on a tarmac at night with a plane that bears the words "United States" behind her. She appears to be holding a bag with both her hands. To the left of the image in the foreground, U.S President Donald Trump appears blurry. He is wearing a dark suit and a red tie. On the right, a hand points a microphone at Trump.

Was Karoline Leavitt on 'decoy plane' from Turkey after Trump's removal? What we know

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 13, 2026 (Updated: Aug. 14, 2026) Social media posts claimed the White House press secretary was left on the plane exposed to an a ...
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An older white man's face peers out of an airplane catering cart, over trays and boxes of plane food.

Is this image of Trump hiding in plane catering cart authentic? Don't believe your eyes

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 12, 2026 (Updated: Aug. 13, 2026) The image circulated following a New York Times report that Trump used an airplane catering cont ...
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A seal that reads "Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation" sits atop a faded trans flag made of torn pink, blue and white paper.

Did Justice Department 'extort' Connecticut hospital to stop offering gender-affirming care for kids?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 12, 2026 In August 2026, the DOJ announced Connecticut Children's Medical Center had agreed to stop provi ...
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a white woman with short hair sitting at a desk is holding a pen above a piece of paper. She turns around to smile and look at a group of women standing behind her.

Making sense of claim Massachusetts legalized 'abortion until birth'

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 11, 2026 Abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy was already legal in Massachusetts in certain cases. A new ...
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Abdul El-Sayed, a man of Middle Eastern descent with a beard and a dark suit, gestures and speaks into a microphone with people surrounding him.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed didn't say he believes America deserved 9/11. Here's who did

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 11, 2026 El-Sayed's Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, spread the claim on social media.
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