WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has confirmed it is aware that Iranian state media has aired a video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, President Donald Trump's youngest son.
“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees,” Secret Service spokesman Nate Herring said in a statement. “Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence.”
Since the U.S. assassination of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian media have on multiple occasions circulated content threatening the president and family members. The assassination came at the start of the war in Iran that Trump launched alongside Israel.
CNN previously reported that the Secret Service had knowledge of the Barron Trump threat.
FILE - Barron Trump watches as his father, President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
MADRID (AP) — José Mourinho, once known for his fiery personality and frequent touchline outbursts, wants to help Vinícius Júnior control his emotions better.
Mourinho, looking much calmer at the start of his second stint as Real Madrid coach, said Tuesday that he thinks Vinícius is being unfairly targeted, but the star forward can do better when reacting to provocations.
The Brazilian was involved in several incidents with opposing fans and players in the team's opening Spanish league match at Espanyol on Saturday. Madrid hosts Real Sociedad for its second match on Wednesday.
“There is on the field and off the field,” Mourinho said. “The reaction to fans and insults, obviously if they are not racist or homophobic insults, but the typical insults by fans, then I think he can control it better. His relationship with the opposing fans, I think he can do better. In the game, when it comes to the fouls and the accumulation of frustration that he feels, that’s the responsibility of the referees, or the judges, as I like to call them, in terms of their responsibility to protect the players and the game.”
Mourinho said it's harder to help Vinícius when it comes to the in-game incidents, but when it's about his relationship with the opposing fans, then “it's something that we can work on.”
Last year, Mourinho was criticized for attacking Vinícius' character after the player accused an opponent of racially insulting him during a Champions League match against Benfica. The coach in charge of Benfica at the time suggested that the Brazil forward incited opposing players with his celebrations after scoring.
“When I was Benfica's coach, I was only interested about Benfica,” Mourinho said Tuesday.
The veteran Portuguese coach said it's become obvious the difference in the treatment on the field toward Vinícius and toward other players.
“It's gone into a spiral in which the opponents know what they can do and what they can't do,” he said. “If the players can provoke and pressure Vini, either physically or with words, if the yellow card is only shown after 10 fouls, if there can be violence, then it’s a type of treatment that I don’t like.”
Mourinho, returning to Madrid after a stint at the club from 2010 to 2013, said he would likely be quickly sent off if he was in Vinícius' shoes in some of the situations that he faces.
The coach noted, though, that his own behavior has changed significantly over the years and is not as fiery as he once was.
“I'm think I'm calmer,” Mourinho said. “And it's not just now, I've been like that over the last few years. I feel calmer, with more control of my emotions.”
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Real Madrid's head coach Jose Mourinho gestures during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Espanyol and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior, right, vies for the ball with Espanyol's Omar El Hilali during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Espanyol and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
Real Madrid's head coach Jose Mourinho gestures during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Espanyol and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior, left, vies for the ball with Espanyol's Carlos Romero during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Espanyol and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
Real Madrid's head coach Jose Mourinho talks with his player Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Espanyol and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
