1).
„According to @CNN [...] Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who is an Egyptian national, is an illegal immigrant in the US. In 2005, he was denied a visa to enter America [1].
2).
Although further details about the man are awaited, @FoxNews' @BillMelugin also amplified the same claims, noting that the accused allegedly came into the country on Aug. 27, 2022, via LA International Airport (LAX) using a B1/B2 nonimmigrant visa.
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This visa in question was reportedly only valid through February 26, 2023 [2].
@BillMelugin also stated that on 9/29/22, Soliman possibly filed an asylum claim with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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Thereafter, he was given work authorisation under the Biden administration on 3/29/23. This expired on 3/28/25 [2].”
@MarkGaleotti @Pushkin_House @howardamos @parfitt_tom 1).
„Interview with Howard Amos [1] author of »Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire«
Interviews by Andrew Jack, founder of the Pushkin House Book Prize [2]”
»How important is state propaganda in shaping views?«
@MarkGaleotti @Pushkin_House @howardamos @parfitt_tom 2).
„It’s obviously important, but I do think it’s oversimplified. I find it much more interesting to unpick why people are susceptible to propaganda, and which bits they absorb. For example, what people think about the WWII and its relevance today.
@MarkGaleotti @Pushkin_House @howardamos @parfitt_tom 3).
One woman I interviewed was born in the 1930s and lived through the Nazi occupation of Pskov Region. The war and how it was viewed in the Soviet Union shaped her entire life, as well as that of her husband, who was just too young to fight.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„ @realDonaldTrump announced his decision during a rally at U.S. Steelʼs Mon Valley Works–Irvin Plant near Pittsburgh in West Mifflin, Penn., surrounded by hardhat-donned steel workers.
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 2).
– »Weʼre going to bring it from 25% percent to 50% — the tariffs on steel into the U.S. — which will even further secure the steel industry in the U.S.«
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 3).
– Trump told the crowd, offering his reasoning that the increased charges will ultimately help the domestic industry. – »Nobody's going to get around that«.
He later posted about his decision on social media, revealing that the tariffs would also be raised for aluminum.
@anneapplebaum 1).
„Darren Beattie has provoked alarm within the @StateDept since being appointed in Feb. for his ardent pro-Russian views and focus on destroying the agency tasked with tackling Kremlin propaganda.
@anneapplebaum @StateDept 2).
Many of Mr Beattie’s social media posts also concern China, repeatedly calling on the US to surrender Taiwan to Beijing, and labelling Britain a “poor and pathetic kingdom” that would be »far better off under Chinese dominion«.
@anneapplebaum @StateDept 3).
@StateDept sources expressed scepticism over whether he had undergone security vetting, a process which has been relaxed under Mr @realDonaldTrump”.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Trump unleashes TruthSocial tirade and blasts »false« claim he is attacking @Harvard because he didn’t get in
@POTUS @realDonaldTrump lashed out at Michael Wolff, the biographer who made the claim and has written about the president extensively [1]”
@RonFilipkowski @Harvard @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
„Trump’s education has been colored by claims from family members that he was a »brat« and that his sister »did his homework for him«.
@RonFilipkowski @Harvard @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 3).
His higher edu. began at @FordhamNYC in 1964. He studied for two years at the Bronx Catholic private school before transferring to the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at Penn. He graduated from the Ivy League university with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1968.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Newark Airport to open its shuttered runway Mon., 13 days ahead of schedule
The planned $121 million project began in early March and was set to be finished on June 15, according to the Port Authority of NY and NJ.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
The planned runway construction was not the only reason passengers flying in and out of Newark have faced delays and cancelations this spring.
@RonFilipkowski 3).
Air traffic controllers serving the airport have experienced a number of communications blackouts while directing planes in the area in recent months due to equipment failures,
@talhagin 1).
„The Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry said 31 people were killed with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest from Israeli fire as they were gathered in the Al-Alam district aid distribution area in Rafah. It said 169 were injured.
@talhagin 2).
In addition to Israeli gunshots, residents and medics said an Israeli tank had opened fire at thousands of people en route to the Rafah site [1].”
@talhagin 3).
„The incident was the latest episode to ensnarl the Israeli-backed initiative to establish aid distribution sites run by American security contractors in the enclave.