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Seven Ways Obama Is Trying to Sabotage the Trump Administration

President Barack Obama’s final weeks in office seem dedicated to setting foreign and domestic policy on fire to make life as difficult as possible on his successor, Donald Trump. Here are some of the biggest mousetraps Obama scattered across the White House floor on his way out:

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Somalia: Parliament Sworn in Despite UN Criticism over Flawed Election

The new parliament of Somalia — made up of some 283 lawmakers — has been inaugurated despite concerns voiced by the United Nations and other international bodies over election irregularities linked to some candidates, in addition to violence, corruption, and intimidation that allegedly marred the integrity of the electoral process in the African country.

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - DECEMBER 27: Members of Parliament take part in the oath-taking cerem

Huckabee: We Ought to Jackhammer the UN Into the East River

During Tuesday’s “Fox & Friends,” former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) suggested taking a jackhammer to the United Nations after the Security Council voted to condemn Israeli settlements. “I think we ought to get jackhammers and we ought to jackhammer the whole

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Senate Democrats Condemn Obama for Anti-Israel UN Vote

Some Senate Democrats have issued scathing statements against President Barack Obama and his administration’s decision to break with longstanding tradition to veto anti-Israel resolutions, choosing, instead, to abstain from voting in a United Nations Security Council vote. The vote called for

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Rabbi Uses National Menorah Lighting to Rebuke UN, Obama

Rabbi Levi Shemtov rebuked the United Nations — and, by implication, the Obama administration — at the National Menorah Lighting in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Sunday evening, criticizing them for an anti-Israel resolution that passed on Friday.

National Menorah Lighting (Wim McNamee / Getty)