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The Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of President Donald Trump’s signature before quietly correcting them this week after what the agency called a “technical error.”

The replacements came after online commenters seized on striking similarities in the president’s signature across a series of pardons dated Nov. 7, including those granted to former New York Mets player Darryl Strawberry, former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and former New York police sergeant Michael McMahon. In fact, the signatures on several pardons initially uploaded to the Justice Department’s website were identical, two forensic document experts confirmed to The Associated Press.

Within hours of the online speculation, the administration replaced copies of the pardons with new ones that did not feature identical signatures. It insisted Trump, who mercilessly mocked his predecessor’s use of an autopen, had originally signed all the Nov. 7 pardons himself and blamed “technical” and staffing issues for the error, which has no bearing on the validity of the clemency actions.

What they thought was the bedrock protection of naturalization now feels more like quicksand.

Some are worried that if they leave the country, they will have difficulties when trying to return, fearful because of accounts of naturalized citizens being questioned or detained by U.S. border agents. They wonder: Do they need to lock down their phones to protect their privacy? Others are hesitant about moving around within the country, after stories like that of a U.S. citizen accused of being here illegally and detained even after his mother produced his birth certificate.

There has been no evidence of an uptick in denaturalizations so far in this Trump administration. Yet that hasn’t assuaged some. Sesay said he doesn’t travel domestically anymore without his passport, despite having a REAL ID with its federally mandated, stringent identity requirements.

Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/15/former-un-special-rapporteur-richard-falk-interrogated-for-hours-in-canada

"Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel’s war on Gaza."

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Three Palestinian teenagers released in a recent prisoner exchange were abducted by Israeli soldiers while seeking aid and tortured in custody, a new report has revealed.

In interviews conducted by the NGO Defense for Children Palestine (DCIP), Mohammad Nael Khamis al-Zoghbi, 17, Faris Ibrahim Faris Abu Jabal, 16, and Mahmoud Hani Mohammad al-Majayda, 17, described how they were abducted by Israeli forces near aid distribution points and transferred to the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp in southern Israel.

They said they endured torture, beatings and starvation in Israeli custody. The trauma has left them unable to sleep, and they are plagued by night terrors and bed wetting.

One of the boys said he felt his detention had "stripped away his childhood".

Jabal, who was abducted along with his father while seeking aid near the Morag Corridor on 11 September, recalled being so badly beaten during his interrogation that his forehead “split open and required stitches”.

Many in the Russian liberal opposition, which now operates mostly in exile, unquestioningly support Israel. This is not only due to their tendency to disregard institutionalised racism in Russia but also due to their embrace of a civilisational hierarchy narrative that places the white West at the top. Anti-Palestinian bias is a natural outcome of this worldview.

LIVE: Israel closely coordinated Gaza families’ mystery transit to S Africa | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/11/15/live-israel-closely-coordinated-gaza-families-mystery-transit-to-s-africa

- Anti-government protesters rally across Israel
- Questions loom over UN vote as initial Gaza truce phase nears end
- Palestinians flown to South Africa had third-country ‘approval’: Israel
- Nowhere to turn: Gaza displaced struggle under harsh winter conditions

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Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official | United Nations | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/15/israel-breaching-international-law-by-limiting-gaza-aid-says-unrwa-official

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PA warns against ‘agents of displacement’ in Gaza after South Africa flight | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/15/pa-warns-against-agents-of-displacement-in-gaza-after-south-africa-flight

"Palestinian authorities say shadowy companies and entities are working in line with Israel on human trafficking."

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