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This year, Michelle Obama has been delivering one striking fashion win after the next. Throughout 2025, the former First Lady has been busy promoting her new book, The Look, which traces her style ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Over 19 acres have been under construction for the Obama Presidential Center. Now, it's near completion. "We are excited to introduce the South Side to the world," said Michael ...

Former President Barack Obama has confirmed the long-awaited Obama Presidential Center will officially open in the city’s historic Jackson Park in June 2026. Speaking at the Crystal Bridges Museum of ...

The tradition of U.S. presidents having their own libraries is one that dates back generations. But out of the 16 presidents with their own facility, President Barack Obama is still without his own — ...

A group of Chicago elementary school students had an unexpected visitor Tuesday when former President Barack Obama walked in wearing a Santa hat and sat down to read to them. The Burke Elementary ...

Former President Obama was in the Windy City to check on the progress of the nearly finished Barack Obama Presidential Library. Former President Barack Obama made a holiday pop-up visit to a Chicago ...

Students at a library in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood got a special surprise Tuesday from former President Barack Obama. Mr. Obama surprised the kids at the Bessie Coleman branch of the Chicago ...

The former president revealed that the Obama Center aims to open in June. Former President Barack Obama has the latest update on the opening of his long-awaited presidential center in Chicago. Forged ...

Former President Barack Obama surprised a group of elementary school students at a branch of the Chicago Public Library in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood Monday. The students, who ranged from ...