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The Secret Service says it is aware of a video from Iranian state media that labels Barron Trump a target and cites a $10 million reward, including references to locations like Trump Tower and a NYU address. The agency is investigating any potential threat to protectees. The threat appears amid escalations in Iran-US tensions and new efforts to economically isolate Tehran.
The Secret Service is aware of and monitoring a video from Iranian state media that threatens the life of Barron Trump; authorities have not publicly disclosed the credibility or specifics of the threat.
Amid credible Iranian threats at the NATO summit in Ankara, U.S. officials devised a covert plan to evacuate Trump using a decoy: a white catering truck would shuttle him from Air Force One to the smaller C-32A for a flight to Mildenhall, Britain. The operation was coordinated by the Secret Service and military leaders, with fighter jets escorting the departure and several senior aides left on the original plane, reflecting heightened security concerns rather than routine travel.
Trump reportedly switched to a decoy Air Force One on his way back from a NATO summit due to credible Iranian missile threats, with his movement kept secret and staff moved in a catering truck. The episode highlights the personal security risks the president faces in the ongoing Iran confrontation.
The Washington Post reports that Bill Clinton’s 2000 Air Force One plane-switch in Islamabad used a decoy aircraft and an unmarked real plane, with journalists briefed on the maneuver and its risks, whereas Donald Trump’s July switch occurred without informing the press.
An armed man was arrested outside Trump National Golf Club in Southern California as federal investigators probed whether he posed a threat to President Donald Trump. The 38-year-old Jeanine Taele of Downey was detained while taking photos and monitoring security preparations, and faces charges of carrying a concealed firearm and possessing prohibited ammunition after investigators recovered an illegally modified AR-style rifle, a .45 caliber pistol, body armor, high-capacity magazines and notebooks. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Secret Service are assisting, officials said there is no credible threat at this time, and the case remains under investigation ahead of Trump’s planned appearance at a GOP event at the Rancho Palos Verdes course.
Lawyers for James Comey seek dismissal of the DOJ case over a seashell photo, alleging vindictive/prosecutorial abuse by Trump, citing Secret Service surveillance, and that agents even consulted ChatGPT and mob figure Sammy Gravano to interpret the term '86/8647' as a violent threat, while arguing the post was protected speech and not a true threat.
Comey’s lawyers move to dismiss the April indictment accusing him of threatening President Trump, arguing vindictive and selective prosecution and alleging the Secret Service illegally surveilled Comey at the DOJ/White House’s request; the filing says the agency began treating the '8647' Instagram post as coded language for a threat on the same day Trump claimed Comey posed a danger, and that surveillance included monitoring Comey and his wife and even visits to their deceased son’s grave.
A U.S. Secret Service agent and two accomplices were arrested in Miami on felony hazing charges tied to a four-day initiation at the Miami chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. Investigators say beatings with canes and paddles over multiple days left two victims hospitalized with severe injuries, including kidney damage and skin grafts; one victim’s condition was described as potentially fatal. The incident began April 1 near Florida International University and escalated before ending, with prosecutors accusing the defendants of hazing with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery. The agent, Marquez Pinder, was a dean of pledges and FIU graduate, and the Secret Service said misconduct would be addressed through the judiciary process.
Miami-Dade prosecutors say Secret Service agent Marquez Christopher Pinder led a brutal Kappa Alpha Psi hazing that left a University of Miami student with kidney injuries. Pinder posted a $75,000 bond and is under total lockdown house arrest, with two co-defendants also facing bonds. The hazing involved paddles and canes and occurred April 1–4 at multiple locations, triggering a police investigation after a pledge was hospitalized. The Secret Service says it is cooperating and will address misconduct as the judicial process proceeds.
A U.S. Secret Service agent, Marquez Pinder, is among three people charged in Florida with hazing, attempted manslaughter and aggravated battery after a four-day, off-campus hazing at the University of Miami tied to the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. One victim faced potential kidney failure and required surgery; another was hospitalized. Pinder, the fraternity’s dean of pledges at UM’s Coral Gables campus, is on administrative leave. Bond was set at $75,000 with house arrest and a GPS tracker as the investigation continues.
A U.S. Secret Service agent has been charged with felonies over beatings police say were part of a fraternity hazing in the Miami area, a case that raises questions about misconduct within law enforcement and the handling of hazing incidents in Florida.
A Florida Secret Service agent and two others were arrested on charges including attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon for a multi-day fraternity hazing at the University of Miami that left a victim with kidney failure and severe injuries; hazing involved beatings with canes and paddles from April 1–4, the suspects aren’t current students, and the fraternity condemns hazing as investigators continue.
A Miami-based U.S. Secret Service agent and two others were arrested in Sweetwater after two hazing beatings left victims hospitalized with severe injuries, including kidney failure. They face charges of attempted manslaughter, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and hazing with a deadly weapon. The incidents occurred April 1 and April 4 and are under investigation by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, and Sweetwater Police. The Secret Service said one of its employees is being investigated, and the agent is on administrative leave; the fraternity involved and the victims’ universities were not disclosed.
President Donald Trump will return to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, months after an armed gunman forced evacuations at the Washington Hilton. The WHCA will honor Secret Service Officer Victor Gonzales for stopping the suspect, with many cabinet officials in attendance and a pledge that violence has no place in America and that a free press will not be intimidated.