A claim spread online that Donald Trump posted a video to his Truth Social network that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as monkeys.

We found the video was posted to Trump's account and has since been deleted. A White House official told us a staffer — not the president — posted the video "erroneously." Reporter Laerke Christensen verified the details about what happened.

An online rumor claimed an email to Epstein said this Sunday would mark the start of the next world war.

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Social media sleuths are attempting to create a connection between the author and Epstein that's unsupported by evidence.

The supposed letter justified the suspension of Second Amendment rights as a way to "safeguard" ICE agents.

We found the original video's caption included "#satire."

Last month, some social media users shared images that they said showed the Leviathan "waking up" near the coast of Virginia and North Carolina.

The claim about the biblical sea monster spread online around the same time that the first of two major winter storms hit the eastern United States. Reporter Emery Winter scoured the images — as well as Google Maps and Google Earth — to find the truth.