By Manu Raju, Adam Cancryn, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure project.

But there was a condition: In exchange for the money, Schumer had to agree to rename New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles International Airport after Trump.

The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer, who told the president he didn’t have the power to deliver on such an unorthodox request.

In the weeks since, Trump has continued to withhold the more than $16 billion earmarked for the long-planned Gateway project connecting New York and New Jersey through a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River.

The two states are now suing the Trump administration over the freeze, alleging in a complaint filed earlier this week that the funding suspension is unlawful.

A spokesperson for Schumer declined to comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

The episode, first reported by Punchbowl, offers a fresh window into Trump’s ever-expanding effort to secure an outsized place in American history — and to do so in part by branding nearly everything around him with his own name.

Since returning to the White House, the president has introduced a slew of initiatives bearing the Trump name, including the Trump Gold Card offering a high-priced path to citizenship, the TrumpRx website offering lower-priced prescription drugs, and a new Trump-class battleship meant to solidify his era of “peace through strength” foreign policy for years to come.

Trump in recent months has set his sights on even bigger targets: Adding his name first to the US Institute of Peace and then, even more controversially, to Washington’s iconic Kennedy Center.

Still, Trump’s offer to Schumer would have represented perhaps his most audacious move yet. While some conservative lawmakers have already introduced legislation to rename Dulles as the “Donald J. Trump International Airport,” it’s so far gained little traction.

The legislation has not advanced in the GOP-led Congress, and it remains unlikely to pass.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – As part of Santa Barbara City College's School of Extended Learning (SEL), students can now receive one-on-one mental health counseling at no cost for the first time ever.

Counseling and referrals to resources will now be available to students on both Schott and Wake campuses assist students with a wide variety of issues, both personal and academic. The college says the services aim to help students with coping/stress management skills, emotional support, and general life management skills. 

“The mental health counseling will help SEL students enrich and enhance their personal lives and personal growth, which will then advance them in achieving their educational goals,” said Monica Campbell, Director of SBCC’s School of Extended Learning. 

Students can access these services by visiting the SBCC Mental Health Counseling Department, call (805) 898-8190, or emailing at [email protected]

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Por Federico Leiva, CNN en Español

La gran fiesta de los deportes de hielo y nieve tiene todo listo para comenzar. Es cierto que para los más ansiosos ya hay actividad deportiva desde el miércoles 4, pero Milano-Cortina 2026 comenzará oficialmente este viernes, con la tradicional ceremonia de apertura o inauguración.

Los organizadores prometen una jornada “memorable” en el estadio San Ciro, en Milán, donde destacará la participación musical de artistas como Mariah Carey, ganadora de cinco premios Grammy. El talento local estará representado por Laura Pausini, ganadora de un Globo de Oro, un premio Grammy y cinco premios Grammy Latino, y el inigualable tenor italiano Andrea Bocelli.

Además, estarán presentes artistas como el actor y productor Pierfrancesco Favino, un aficionado de la AS Roma y fiel seguidor del tenista Jannik Sinner, quien actuará acompañado del violinista Giovanni Zanon. También la actriz de cine, teatro y televisión Sabrina Impacciatore, quien ganó reconocimiento por su participación en “The White Lotus”, en un número por ahora desconocido.

Se estima que unos 1.200 artistas voluntarios participen de la apertura. Si te parecen muchos, solo piensa que para grabar la música de la ceremonia inaugural se contó con la ayuda de 500 músicos, de acuerdo con los organizadores.

Para darle la razón a la organización, ciertamente será una inauguración histórica, ya que al terminar la ceremonia se encenderán dos pebeteros distintos, uno en el emblemático monumento Arco della Pace, en Milán, y otro en la Piazza Dibona, en la otra ciudad sede, Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Se calcula que la ceremonia durará en total unas tres horas.

• 2 p.m. de Miami.
• 1 p.m. de Ciudad de México.
• 2 p.m. de Bogotá.
• 4 p.m. de Buenos Aires.
• 8 p.m. de Madrid.

Estados Unidos: NBCOlympics.com y Peacock.

México, Colombia y Argentina: Claro Sports

España: RTVE y HBO Max.

Otro punto que hace histórica a esta ceremonia es que el desfile de los atletas se llevará a cabo en cuatro sedes diferentes: el estadio de San Ciro (donde estará el espectáculo principal), Predazzo, Livigno y Cortina d’Ampezzo (donde habrá un segundo pebetero, que se suma al de Milán).

Allí se repartirán los abanderados, los atletas que tendrán el honor de portar y mostrarle al mundo entero los colores de su nación. La particularidad es que Italia, como anfitriona, tendrá un abanderado en cada sede.

Este es el listado completo de abanderados:

Alemania

Leon Draisaitl (hockey sobre hielo)

Katharina Schmid (salto de esquí)

Albania

Lara Colturi (esquí alpino)

Denni Xhepa (esquí alpino)

Andorra

Cande Moreno (esquí alpino)

Joan Verdú (esquí alpino)

Irineu Esteve (esquí de fondo)

Arabia Saudita

Rakan Alireza (esquí de fondo)

Argentina

Francesca Baruzzi (esquí alpino)

Franco Dal Farra (esquí de fondo)

Armenia

Karina Akopova (patinaje artístico)

Nikita Rakhmanin (patinaje artístico)

Australia

Matt Graham (esquí acrobático)

Jakara Anthony (esquí acrobático)

Austria

Anna Gasser (snowboard)

Benjamin Karl (snowboard)

Azerbaiyán

A.A. Papathoma Paraskevaidou (esquí alpino)

Vladimir Litvintsev (patinaje artístico)

Bélgica

Hanne Desmet (patinaje de velocidad)<

Por Ivana Kottasová, CNN

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, respaldó al primer ministro populista de Hungría, Viktor Orbán, antes de una elección clave en abril.

“Me sentí orgulloso de RESPALDAR a Viktor para la reelección en 2022, y me honra hacerlo nuevamente. Viktor Orbán es un verdadero amigo, luchador y GANADOR, y cuenta con mi respaldo total y absoluto para la reelección como primer ministro de Hungría. ¡NUNCA DEFRAUDARÁ AL GRAN PUEBLO DE HUNGRÍA!”, escribió Trump este jueves en Truth Social.

El respaldo llega mientras el partido Fidesz de derecha de Orbán está rezagado en las encuestas de opinión detrás del partido de centro-derecha Tisza, cuyo líder —un antiguo aliado de Orbán convertido en némesis— se ha convertido en el primer rival serio del primer ministro en años.

Orbán, quien es el líder actual con más tiempo en funciones de la Unión Europea, lleva casi 16 años en el cargo. Durante ese tiempo, los críticos lo han acusado de supervisar el retroceso democrático y el estancamiento económico. Orban, un firme partidario de Trump, también ha sido criticado por su persistente oposición a los esfuerzos de la Unión Europea para ayudar a Ucrania en la guerra con Rusia.

En enero de este año, líderes de extrema derecha y populistas de todo el mundo aparecieron en un video en línea apoyando a Orbán, antes de una elección que, según las encuestas, podría poner fin a su largo mandato como primer ministro.

El video de campaña, publicado por Orbán en enero, muestra a 11 líderes nacionales y figuras de la extrema derecha —entre ellos la francesa Marine Le Pen, la italiana Giorgia Meloni y el argentino Javier Milei— respaldando la candidatura del líder húngaro para un quinto mandato consecutivo. El actor estadounidense Rob Schneider también mostró su apoyo.

Orbán, quien regresó al poder en 2010 y es el primer ministro con más años en el cargo en Europa, se ha convertido en un referente para los populistas europeos y el movimiento MAGA en Estados Unidos. Defensor de la soberanía nacional, los valores tradicionales y las fronteras duras, Orbán lleva mucho tiempo criticando a la Unión Europea, sin pretender abandonarla.

Pero aunque Orbán aún goza de simpatía en el extranjero, se enfrenta a una creciente reacción negativa en su país. Durante sus más de diez años en el cargo, su partido, el Fidesz, ha sido criticado por liderar el retroceso democrático, el estancamiento económico y las restricciones a la libertad de prensa en Hungría.

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By Tal Shalev, CNN

Tel Aviv (CNN) — The brother of Israel’s security chief was arrested along with 14 others in a major police bust of an alleged smuggling ring accused of shipping crates of illegal goods into the Gaza Strip.

Bezalel Zini, a brother of Shin Bet chief David Zini, was arrested as part of what Israeli authorities say was a “systematic and sophisticated” operation to smuggle illegal cigarettes into Gaza for profit.

According to an indictment, Bezalel Zini allegedly smuggled 14 crates of cigarettes into Gaza, for which he received about 365,000 shekels (approximately $117,000). Others arrested as part of the bust allegedly smuggled cellphones, car parts and other goods, prosecutors said in the indictment.

The indictment says the smuggling ring included some Israeli reserve soldiers, as well as Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. The alleged smuggling chain started with suppliers in the West Bank, passed through Israeli warehouses and ultimately reached Gaza through Israeli military convoys, sometimes during operational activity.

At other times, prosecutors said, the smuggling was done under the guise that it was for an operational need. The ring allegedly exploited a large-scale humanitarian effort used to ship aid and commercial goods into the shattered enclave.

Such activity, the Shin Bet internal security service warned, “poses a significant threat to the security of the State of Israel.”

It argued that the smugglers’ actions directly strengthened Hamas and other armed groups in the enclave.

“They assist Hamas’s survivability and governance through profits from goods entering the Strip, contribute to Hamas’s empowerment and military build-up, and help refurbish its military production capabilities,” the statement said.

“They also create potential routes for smuggling weapons, technology, and equipment, as well as channels that could be used for offensive military activity against Israel and its forces.”

The defendants and their partners “knew that the smuggled goods might reach terrorist elements, including Hamas or those acting on its behalf, and be used to help strengthen their power and to promote and finance their activity,” according to the indictment.

The State Attorney’s Office alleged that the defendants “committed their acts for financial gain, knowing that by doing so they were bypassing the restrictions imposed by the State of Israel on the entry of goods into Gaza as part of the war effort, despite the clear security harm inherent in this activity.”

Bezalel Zini’s attorney, Assaf Klein, said his client is innocent of the charges.

“He is a man of great merit, whose concern for the good of the state has always been and will remain foremost in his industry,” Klein said in a statement last week.

He faces charges including bribery and assisting the enemy during wartime.

Authorities have stressed that no evidence connects the allegations against Bezalel Zini to his brother, David Zini, who directs the Shin Bet and is not accused of wrongdoing in the case.

A pick of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, David Zini was one of the most controversial appointments in the agency’s history because of his lack of experience in intelligence and what former Shin Bet officials criticized as his “extreme worldview.” Zini had no experience within the Shin Bet, having been pulled directly from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

The investigation into Bezalel Zini was handled by Israeli police