Barron Trump, the former president’s youngest son, appears to have secluded himself in a world of heightened security at the age of 20. This move seems driven by the escalating political tumult engulfing his father, Donald Trump.

According to a longstanding confidant of the Trump family speaking to The Post, “He doesn’t go out.” Barron, having recently wrapped up his second year at New York University, has largely spent the summer in seclusion with his mother at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

“The kid’s pretty reclusive,” another insider noted, reinforcing the image of Barron’s private life.

The former president himself has been the target of at least three assassination attempts over the past three years. These include an attack that left him wounded in Butler, Pennsylvania, an encounter with a stalker at his West Palm Beach golf course, and a shooting incident during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this past April.

Compounding the threats, Barron has become a point of interest for Iranian hardliners, who recently released a provocative video titled “Where to kill Barron Trump.” The chilling footage allegedly monitored his activities and placed a staggering $10 million bounty on the young Trump’s life.

Barron was also reportedly shaken by the September 2025 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a friend.

‘This is what happens when you go out there. This is what happened,’ Barron told Trump while breaking the news of Kirk’s death.

The exchange, first reported by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their book ‘Regime Change’, ended with Trump telling his son, ‘Calm down honey, calm down.’ 

Barron’s first known meeting with Kirk came years ago over lunch after he personally asked his father to arrange an introduction to the conservative activist.

The first lady’s office responded to reports of her son’s reclusiveness by saying that ‘in light of recent threats,’ the East Wing asks that ‘any details concerning his private life be excluded from all coverage.’

Barron’s last public appearance occurred in July, where he attend the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final match between Spain and Argentina in New Jersey. 

He studies finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business, a few miles uptown from the family’s Trump Tower residence.

During the 2024 campaign, Barron was credited with steering his father toward the podcast circuit and the manosphere hosts who reached young male voters, including Joe Rogan and Theo Von. 

His business ventures have drawn attention alongside his family’s crypto interests, though the extent of his actual involvement has been reported inconsistently.

In January 2025, at 19, Barron was on a video call with a London woman he’d met on social media when he watched her ex-boyfriend attack her.

He called British police from the US, telling authorities she was ‘getting really badly beat up.’

The boyfriend responsible for beating the woman, Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, got sentenced to four years in March. 

The British judge called Barron’s actions lifesaving and the female victim told jurors it ‘helped save my life.’

CHICAGO (WLS) — In the early hours of Friday, a man faced a terrifying ordeal in downtown Chicago when a group of six assailants robbed him at gunpoint. In a dramatic turn, one of the armed thieves leaped into the victim’s car and discharged a firearm in an attempt to escape, according to Chicago police reports.

The incident unfolded as the 30-year-old victim was making his way back to his parked car on the 300 block of North Lake Front Drive in the Loop. It was just shy of 2 a.m. when the suspects, brandishing weapons, approached him. They assaulted the man, leaving him defenseless, and seized his belongings.

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In a frantic bid to escape, the victim managed to get into his vehicle. However, one assailant quickly joined him, sliding into the passenger seat. During the ensuing struggle, the suspect fired a shot out of the window, intensifying the chaos.

Fortunately, the gunshot did not injure anyone. The victim continued driving and soon found nearby patrolling officers to alert them about the incident. Responding swiftly, police apprehended the suspect who attempted to flee on foot in the vicinity of the 100 block of West Wacker Drive.

Remarkably, despite the traumatic experience, the victim chose not to seek medical treatment.

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Officers recovered a weapon from the scene, and charges are pending as Area Three detectives investigate.

Further information was not immediately available.

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On Friday, Norway mourned the loss of its beloved monarch, King Harald, who passed away at the age of 89, as confirmed by the Royal House of Norway.

“With profound sorrow, we must share the heartbreaking news that His Majesty King Harald has left us,” expressed the royal palace in an official statement that conveyed the deep sadness enveloping the nation.

“His Majesty died peacefully at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet on Friday, August 28th, at 6:35 AM,” the poignant announcement further detailed, offering a glimpse into the final moments of the revered king’s life.

Harald, esteemed as Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, had been admitted to the hospital on August 17th due to a blood infection, a health battle that captured the nation’s concern in his final days.

He had previously received a pacemaker after falling ill during a vacation in Malaysia in 2024. 

Harald announced he would be drawing down his number of public appearances that same year.

The monarch had served as Norway’s head of state since 1991. He was Norway‘s first royal heir to be born in the country in more than 500 years. In 1905, after Norway gained its independence from Sweden, Harald’s grandfather, King Haakon VII, became the first king of an independent Norwegian state since 1387.

Harald was viewed as a reformer and advocated for his fellow European royals to continue a trend towards openness with the public. 

“If you’ve opened the gate it’s very difficult to close it again,” he told Reuters. “I’m not sure I’d want to close it. So far so good, as far as I’m concerned.” 

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When the Nazis invaded Norway in 1940, Harald’s mother fled with him, first to neutral Sweden, then to the United States, where they briefly lived in the White House after then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt offered the pair safe haven. 

Harald, his mother and his sisters soon moved to Bethesda, Maryland and would often meet with Roosevelt, who Harald said was like a grandfather to him. 

Harald’s son, Crown Prince Haakon, 53, will succeed him and take the name King Haakon VIII.

Haakon and his wife, who will become Queen Mette-Marit, have been embroiled in scandal since it was revealed she exchanged emails with and had multiple meetings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

Mette-Marit said she regrets her ties to the deceased billionaire and claimed she had no knowledge of his sordid past while communicating with him. 

Additionally, Mette-Marit’s son, Marius Borg Høiby, who she had from a previous marriage, was convicted of several charges of rape and domestic violence in June. He was sentenced to four years in prison, and both he and prosecutors are appealing the sentence. 

A mother who endured the harrowing ordeal of a shark attack in Australia vividly recounted the chilling moment she was forced to decide “which limb am I willing to lose” while facing the menacing predator.

Leah Stewart, 34, experienced the terrifying encounter just 100 feet from the shoreline at Sydney’s famous Coogee Beach on June 13. The attacker was believed to be a great white shark.

Stewart shared the wrenching experience of realizing she had to make a swift and painful choice to save her life during the horrifying incident.

During an interview with Australia’s 60 Minutes, set to air this Sunday, Stewart recounted the moment the shark was a mere 30 centimeters from her face. “It sort of started opening its mouth,” she described, reliving the tension of her fight for survival.

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“I’m like, I’ve got to try and punch it. I’ve got to try and push it away or else it’s going to bite my head off.

“And in that moment I thought, well, which limb am I willing to lose? I’m right-handed. So I decided, let’s do a left hook.”

Stewart, who has a young daughter named August, had to have her left arm amputated.

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In a rare public remark about Prince Harry’s return to the United Kingdom, Lady Eliza Spencer, the niece of Princess Diana, made history as the first family member to speak out.

At a launch event for her new Lala V rosé, Lady Eliza, 34, expressed her excitement about her 41-year-old cousin’s visit to Britain. Coincidentally, this event aligned with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s arrival in Birmingham.

As the daughter of Earl Spencer, Lady Eliza had previously welcomed Harry and Meghan at the family’s ancestral home during their UK visit last month. She shared her hopes with The Mirror, stating, ‘We would love to be able to find some time to visit.’

When queried about the possibility of exchanging wine-making secrets with Meghan Markle, Harry’s wife and a fellow rosé enthusiast who released her own wine last July, Lady Eliza offered a mysterious ‘Maybe!’ in response.

On Wednesday, Lady Eliza and her fiancé Channing Millerd celebrated the launch of their £27-a-bottle wine at the prestigious Hackstons luxury drinks retailer in Knightsbridge.

In comparison, Meghan’s Napa Valley rosé, sold under her lifestyle brand As Ever, retails for £22. 

While Lady Eliza was raising a toast to her latest business venture, Prince Harry, Meghan and their two children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, were being whisked away to their new home – widely believed to be in the Cotswolds. 

The socialite and drinks entrepreneur is the only family member to have spoken publicly about Harry’s surprise return to the UK after living in Montecito, California, for nearly six years.

It remains to be seen whether the Sussexes will be invited to Lady Eliza’s nuptials after she hinted at her wedding plans with the South African businessman earlier this month. 

Lady Eliza suggested she was ‘wedding venue hunting’ as she shared glamorous photos from a recent getaway to the Amalfi Coast. 

The couple have previously spoken about their desire to have a destination wedding, with Lake Como one of the many locations in the running. However, few plans about the big day have been publicly disclosed yet. 

The Sussexes landed at Birmingham Airport on Wednesday after flying on a private plane from California to start their new life in the country.

The couple are thought to have travelled with the children on a Bombardier Global Express XRS luxury long-range business jet from Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles.

The Sussexes – who are also believed to be bringing their dogs Mia and Pula across the Atlantic – are now setting up their home in the UK. They plan to live as an ‘international’ family, keeping their homes in California and Portugal.

Their announcement that they were returning to Britain came as a shock after they quit the working monarchy in 2020 and bought a house in Montecito.

Former Suits star Meghan is said to be pursuing an acting role amid reports that she remains in talks about a role in the third series of Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen.

Harry, 41, and Meghan, 45, will live in a non-royal residence outside of London and the children have both been enrolled in UK schools, ready to start next week.

It comes a month after the couple took Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, to see their grandfather the King for the first time in four years at his Highgrove home in July.

The couple are not thought to have raised the prospect of a return to the UK at that meeting. The King was told they were moving back three days before it was revealed.

Some reports have suggested the Sussexes’ stay in the UK could last just until the autumn, with the family keeping their houses in Montecito and Portugal.

Meghan meanwhile has unveiled the latest addition to her As Ever range – Spiced Apple Butter.

The jar of ‘orchard apples and fragrant spices’ was being launched on Wednesday, ‘just in time for fall’, with Meghan’s brand saying the product captures the season’s ‘promise of crisp mornings and changing leaves just around the corner’.

She also posted an Instagram story in which she chuckled at what appeared to be a tea towel with the message: ‘People who take care of chickens are literally chicken tenders’.

It follows news that the Sussexes’ brood of chickens are remaining at their home in California to be cared for there. 

Earlier this week, People magazine suggested that the monarch wanted to see his estranged sons Harry and the Prince of Wales ‘together over time’, but the report has not been confirmed.

 According to Harry’s autobiography, Charles pleaded with his sons during a tense meeting after Prince Philip’s funeral in 2021, saying: ‘Please, boys. Don’t make my final years a misery.’

The brothers no longer speak, having fallen out around the time of Harry and Meghan’s 2018 wedding, with the relationship worsening post-Megxit following Harry’s accusations against the Royal Family in his Oprah Winfrey interview, Netflix documentary and memoir Spare.

Separately, sources close to Harry claimed he ‘never really stopped missing home’ after stepping down as a senior royal and leaving Britain for the US six years ago.

The duke is said to have ‘missed that sense of connection and belonging’ in the UK while building a new life in California with Meghan.

Harry also wants their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to ‘understand the world he grew up in and where their family comes from’, according to insiders.

In addition to being closer to King Charles, who continues to receive treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, the move will allow Harry and Meghan’s children to connect with the Spencers as well.  

When Harry and Meghan travelled to Britain last month, it was Princess Diana’s younger brother, Earl Spencer, who graciously hosted them at his family’s ancestral seat, Althorp House.

But Charles Spencer, 62, is not the only relative Prince Harry will be leaning on for support as he returns to the country after six years living away in the United States amid claims the royal has ‘very few friends left’ from his past life.

In addition to spending more time with Charles and his new wife, Norwegian archaeologist Cat Jarman, the Duke and Duchess could become better acquainted with the families of Diana’s two sisters, Harry’s ‘red aunts’ Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes.

In the midst of William and Harry’s bitter feud, Sarah, 71, and Jane, 69, still have close relationships with both the brothers.

The pair, along with Charles, even travelled to Montecito – where the Sussexes have lived since 2020 – to attend the christening of Harry and Meghan’s daughter, Princess Lilibet, three years ago; none of the royals was present for the event.

Amid speculation that Harry and Meghan will call the Cotswolds home when they are in the UK, the proximity to the Spencer siblings could bring Harry closer to his six maternal cousins while Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, are introduced to a new brood of Spencers.

A gripping rescue unfolded on a Georgia cliffside when a free climber, marooned on a precarious ledge, dialed 911 for help. The dramatic rescue, involving a heroic firefighter’s descent, took place on Tuesday.

The climber, yet to be publicly named by authorities, found himself stranded on the west face of Mount Yonah—a daunting 3,166-foot peak nestled within the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in North Georgia.

White County Public Safety officials reported that the climber, feeling trapped between the unforgiving stone and open air, made the emergency call around 7 p.m. Unable to navigate the perilous route up or down, he sought assistance.

In a strategic rescue operation, authorities deployed a drone to pinpoint the climber’s location, ultimately spotting him perched on a narrow 20-inch by 20-inch ledge, some 260 feet above ground level.

White County firefighter Will Roper rappelled down the mountain to reach the man. Drone video showed Roper maneuvering beneath him before securing him in a harness and clipping him to the rope. The climber was then hoisted to the top of the mountain.

The entire rescue operation took about 42 minutes, officials said.

Roper told FOX 5 Atlanta said this was the first time he’s had to rescue someone on a mountain.

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“I’ve done a lot with dummies and a lot with other firefighters in training, but that’s the first time that I’ve ever done it, kind of in the heat of the moment with a live subject,” Roper said.

“It was a little nerve-racking going over the edge,” he added.

Roper said the climber was strikingly calm, telling FOX 5 he jokingly asked him: “Have you been rescued before? You’re pretty good at this.”

The climber told Roper that he had experience with Mount Yonah but simply picked the wrong route and got stuck.

“I’ve been on kind of a high since then, just to have the first rescue,” Roper said, adding that he was glad to be able to help someone using his technical training.

This cheese was truly worth a fortune in cheddar!

In a candid revelation to The Post, a former employee of Chick-fil-A explained why he targeted mac & cheese in an audacious $80,000 theft. His choice boiled down to simple economics – it’s among the most expensive catering items on the menu.

Keyshun Jones, who is just 23 years old, recently admitted to orchestrating a calculated scheme involving roughly 800 fraudulent mac & cheese transactions. He rerouted refunds to his own credit cards while working at a Chick-fil-A location in Grapevine, Texas, last November.

“Our mac and cheese is undeniably tasty, but it also carries a hefty price tag,” Jones commented on Wednesday. This side dish, he noted, is priced at about $100 per tray when ordered for delivery, underlining why it made the ideal target for his plot.

Jones embarked on this cheesy misadventure after being let go from his job at the restaurant chain, a position he held for seven years.

He came back to eat with his friends, saw an unattended register, and decided to make his move, he claimed.

Security camera footage shows Jones slipping behind the counter and ringing up tray after tray of the cheesy favorite.

“Everyone thinks it was more premeditated, ‘Oh, I went in there with a plan.’” That was definitely not the case,” Jones told The Post from jail in Tarrant County.

“I let anger, as most people do, let anger and those feelings get in the way, and I went, and I made a bad decision,” he added.

Prosecutors had asked for a 10-year sentence for fraud and property theft, but Jones and his lawyer managed to bargain down to three years, minus time served, on Aug. 13.

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“My attorney spoke with the DA, and we kind of explained everything. We all came to an agreement where it wasn’t one of those heinous acts … They got to know, ‘This guy isn’t what we all thought he would be,’” Jones said.

Jones — who claimed he is still on good terms with his old colleagues — wants to get out on parole soon and rebuild his life, ideally at Chick-Fil-A.

“I love Chick-Fil-A. Chick-Fil-A is my career. I’ve been there since I was 15 years old, it was my first job. And I hated that things had to end that way,” he said.

“I’m not what the internet claims me to be. I’m goofy. I’m fun. I’m kind-spirited. Everyone seems to like me … Hopefully I can show the rest of the world that I’m worth that second chance,” he said.

His wife, Keana Jones, seemed to agree.

“He’s a sweet boy,” Jones told The Post.

Jones’ former boss, who owns the Grapevine restaurant, declined The Post’s request for comment.

The convicted fraudster admits Chick-Fil-A probably won’t give him his job back when he’s set free, but he believes another eatery will let bygones be bygones.

In the meantime, he won’t be getting much mac & cheese in jail.

“There was just one time they did serve mac & cheese here. The irony of it all,” Jones said.