Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN
Si el cuarto de siglo de Gobierno expansionista de Vladimir Putin ha enseñado algo a Occidente es que no se debe tomar la palabra del presidente ruso al pie de la letra.
Eso no ha impedido que altos funcionarios estadounidenses se traguen constantemente las declaraciones del dictador ruso.
El mayor error del presidente Donald Trump es creer que Putin quiere la paz en Ucrania, a pesar de la abrumadora evidencia de lo contrario.
Ahora, el equipo de Trump corre el riesgo de volver a caer víctima de su propia credulidad.
Según un informe de CNN, justo cuando Moscú está ayudando a dirigir los drones que amenazan a las tropas estadounidenses en la guerra con Irán, la administración podría flexibilizar aún más las sanciones que impulsan la maquinaria de exterminio de Putin en Ucrania.
La esperanza del Gobierno sería aliviar el aprieto político de Trump por los precios del petróleo.
Sería un giro extraordinario si Putin emergiera como el primer ganador de la cada vez más profunda crisis en Medio Oriente porque Trump sacudió los mercados energéticos mundiales al lanzar su propia guerra.
Putin se regodeó con la crisis petrolera en una reunión del Kremlin hace dos días, según Daniel Yergin, experto en petróleo y ganador del Premio Pulitzer. “Vladimir Putin se ha ganado la lotería. Es el mayor ganador hasta ahora porque el precio del petróleo para financiar su guerra ha subido considerablemente. Y las sanciones se están levantando”, declaró Yergin, vicepresidente de S&P Global, a Erin Burnett de CNN el miércoles.
En el último melodrama entre Estados Unidos y Rusia de la era Trump, un alto funcionario ruso se reunió con el equipo de Trump en Florida el miércoles.
El enviado especial Kirill Dmitriev se entrevistó con el enviado especial Steve Witkoff; el yerno del presidente, Jared Kushner; y el asesor principal de la Casa Blanca, Josh Gruenbaum.
“Los equipos discutieron diversos temas y acordaron mantenerse en contacto”, declaró Witkoff en un comunicado que no abordó ninguno de los temas de actualidad entre Estados Unidos y Rusia.
Pero antes de la reunión, Witkoff restó importancia a los informes de que los rusos estaban proporcionando a Irán información de inteligencia sobre los movimientos de tropas, barcos y aviones estadounidenses.
El martes, Witkoff declaró en la CNBC que Moscú había negado tal comportamiento durante la llamada de Trump con Putin el día anterior. “Así que, ya saben, podemos confiar en su palabra. Pero sí lo dijeron”, afirmó.
El domingo, en el programa “60 Minutes” de CBS, el secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, minimizó los riesgos que corren las tropas estadounidenses por la actividad rusa, insistiendo: “Nadie nos está poniendo en peligro”.
Pero la trama se complicó el miércoles cuando Nick Paton Walsh, de CNN, informó en exclusiva que Rusia estaba ayudando a Irán con tácticas de drones aprendidas en Ucrania para atacar objetivos estadounidenses y del Golfo.
Esta es la cooperación más abierta y preocupante hasta la fecha entre los aliados del eje antiestadounidense, según declaró un funcionario de inteligencia occidental.
También el miércoles, el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, que envió a sus expertos en drones para ayudar a las fuerzas estadounidenses a contrarrestar los drones iraníes Shahed, declaró que los rusos estaban ayudando a la República Islámica no sólo con vehículos aéreos no tripulados, sino también con misiles y defensas aéreas.
By Rashard Rose, Kevin Dotson, CNN
(CNN) — New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch is requesting his ownership stake in the team be transferred to his children, according to an internal NFL memo.
Tisch – along with his siblings Jonathan and Laurie Tisch – notified NFL chief executives and club presidents on Wednesday of their intentions to move “approximately 23.1%” of their remaining interests in the team into separate trusts for their children, according to the memo obtained by CNN.
“Following the transactions, the Sellers will no longer own any interest in the Club,” the memo said.
“This transaction is part of estate planning that has been going on for 3-4 years and has nothing to do with anything else. And everybody’s role remains same,” a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
The memo stated that the proposed transfers would complete a series of family estate planning transfers. “Prior transfers to these Trusts were completed pursuant to 2023 and 2024 Finance Committee approvals,” the memo reads.
The move is subject to approval by the NFL’s finance committee. CNN has reached out to the NFL and the New York Giants for comment.
Tisch was among several high-profile individuals impacted by the fallout after the Justice Department’s release of a massive tranche of documents related to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and disgraced financier.
Emails released by the department earlier this year revealed that Tisch sought out Epstein’s help connecting him with women more than a decade ago.
Tisch has not been accused of or charged with any crime in connection with Epstein.
In a statement to CNN in late January, Tisch said: “We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments. I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”
Tisch has been “involved with the New York Giants since his father, Preston Robert Tisch, purchased 50 percent of the franchise in 1991” and was named executive vice president following his father’s death, according to a bio on the team’s webpage.
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By Holmes Lybrand, Josh Campbell, CNN
(CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday there is no “imminent threat” to the state following reports that federal authorities had alerted state officials of unverified claims by Iranian-affiliated actors desiring to conduct potential drone attacks.
The FBI memo sent to local law enforcement and officials in California contained unvetted and unverified information for their awareness, according to several officials who had seen it.
“We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United States Homeland,” the memo reads, “specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the US conducted strikes against Iran.”
Federal investigators often share information of questioned credibility with local law enforcement partners out of an abundance of caution.
One law enforcement source said federal and state security officials have deemed the information to be “aspirational” in nature and do not currently believe there is an imminent threat.
The US intelligence community routinely collects intelligence on adversaries signaling their desire to cause harm, one law enforcement official source said, but mere claims do not mean adversaries are capable of carrying out an attack.
These types of reports are shared with local law enforcement “daily,” the source said.
Newsom posted on social media that he is “in constant coordination with security and intelligence officials” over potential threats to California, “including those tied to the conflict in the Middle East.”
“While we are not aware of any imminent threats at this time, we remain prepared for any emergency in our state,” Newsom wrote.
President Donald Trump said later Wednesday that the government is investigating the unverified claim.
“It’s being investigated,” the president told reporters when asked about the FBI memo. “But you have a lot of things happening, and all we could do is take them as they come.”
Pressed on if he has been briefed on the potential number of Iranian sleeper cells located within the United States, the president told reporters, “I have been.”
Ramped up warnings
The memo specific to California comes as the US intelligence community has issued a flurry of private warnings in the past week to American companies and government agencies urging vigilance and the hardening of possible targets of cyber attack by the Iranian regime in response to the war with Tehran, according to national security sources and memos reviewed by CNN.
While no specific or credible threat has been outlined in those briefings, one recent Department of Homeland Security bulletin to US law enforcement agencies warned of a heightened threat environment following the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Citing open source intelligence, the DHS “critical incident note” said that “two top Iranian religious leaders issued separate Farsi-language fatwas calling on Muslims worldwide to take revenge for the killing” of Ali Khamenei.
“The fatwas, Iranian government rhetoric, and online messaging from regime supporters promoting retaliation against the US heightens the threat from violent extremists who support the Iranian re