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A video circulating online that purports to show a toddler crying over the casket of a U.S. service member killed in Iran contains visual artifacts consistent with AI-generated content. Fact-checking organizations have identified multiple indicators of artificial generation in the footage, and no credible reports exist of U.S. service members killed in Iran matching the circumstances depicted in the video.

Michael Feldman, husband of NBC journalist Savannah Guthrie, does not appear as a co-conspirator in court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. The claim appears to originate from fabricated lists circulated on social media that misrepresent the contents of unsealed court documents from a 2015 defamation lawsuit involving Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Claims that released Epstein-related documents expose Ellen DeGeneres as a cannibal are not supported by any evidence in the actual court files. This claim appears to have originated from AI-generated audio content that fabricated statements attributed to individuals in the case. No credible evidence exists linking DeGeneres to Jeffrey Epstein or supporting cannibalism allegations.

Donald Trump posted a video to his Truth Social account in February 2025 that included AI-generated imagery depicting Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes. The video was confirmed to have been shared from Trump's official Truth Social account by multiple fact-checking organizations and news outlets.