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During the final hours of his presidency, Barack Obama quietly released $221 million in aid for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. Obama took one last jab at the Republican Congress and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, before handing over the reins of power to the new Trump administration. From The AP: Officials say the Obama administration in its waning hours defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking.

Days after Trump’s inauguration, members of Congress are seizing the moment and pushing for America to exit the United Nations, introducing a bill to the House that will repeal the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 and reclaim full American sovereignty. Under a Trump presidency there is a growing belief that the idea of America exiting the UN is not only feasible but could capture the national imagination, as American citizens seek to defeat the corrupt global elite and regain control of their country.

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Saker,

The Trump era starts now – with geopolitics and geoeconomics set for a series of imminent, unpredictable cliffhangers.

I have argued that Trump’s foreign policy guru Henry Kissinger’s strategy to deal with the formidable Eurasia integration trio – Russia, China and Iran – is a remixed Divide and Rule; seduce Russia away from its strategic partnership with China, while keep harassing the weakest link, Iran.

The criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s conduct while secretary of state is continuing, according to Jason Chaffetz who sent a message to Hillary Clinton on Donald Trump’s inauguration day – Congress is coming for you now, Hillary.  Chaffetz, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, vowed to continue the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server despite the former secretary of state’s defeat in the 2016 presidential election.

Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

This week, Congress passed a budget calling for increasing federal spending and adding $1.7 trillion to the national debt over the next ten years. Most so-called “fiscal conservatives" voted for this big-spending budget because it allows Congress to repeal some parts of Obamacare via “reconciliation." As important as it is to repeal Obamacare, it does not justify increasing spending and debt.