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Obama Foundation invites Trump to visit presidential library after he calls it a ‘disaster’ and compares to trash can

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$850 million Obama Presidential Center prepares for opening

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‘Like a Klingon prison’: inside Barack Obama’s audacious, near-windowless, $850m presidential library

Towering over a low-income area of Chicago, and wrapped in a speech that’s hard to decipher, this controversial monolith feels like a menacing sci-fi HQ. Is it a monument – or a mausoleum?The Egyptians had their pyramids. The Anglo-Saxons had their barrows.

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‘Like a Klingon prison’: inside Barack Obama’s audacious, near-windowless, $850m presidential library

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‘Living, breathing, legacy:’ Sneak peek into the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

New video into the sprawling Obama Presidential Center in Chicago revealed a sneak peek of what the venue will look like, which includes everything from a full-size basketball court, a branch of the Chicago Public Library, acres of green space and a full museum highlighting Obama’s years in the White House. “It is a living, breathing legacy, because our hope is is that people bring change back to their communities,” Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett said in an interview with NBC News. The...

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Trump marks D-Day with AI video of him riding a lion and photo portraying Obama library as trash can

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Inside the $850 million Obama Presidential Center ahead of its Juneteenth opening

For the first time, the public is getting a look inside the long-awaited Obama Presidential Center ahead of its Juneteenth opening on Chicago's South Side. The sprawling, 19.3-acre, $850 million campus blends museum exhibits chronicling former President Barack Obama's political rise and presidency with contemporary art, public gathering spaces, athletic facilities and a branch of the Chicago Public Library. The center is also poised to redefine the scale of the modern presidential project,...

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Inside Obama’s ‘first of its kind’ presidential museum with life-sized Oval Office replica and personal touches

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Obama Writes His Own Story

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Former Fed chair Jerome Powell issues stark warning as he’s honored for standing up to Trump

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