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A major milestone was reached Tuesday at the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side. Crews began installing the first 5-foot-tall concrete letters on the building. Once they ...

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CHICAGO — Just months after their run on America’s Got Talent, the boys of the Leo High School Choir got the chance to perform for former President Barack Obama this week. The group found itself in ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed several mentions of human activity on a webpage related to the causes of climate change. Last week, the EPA quietly updated a page on its site ...

A presidential panel plans to vote Thursday on overhauling the disaster agency. Previous attempts attracted widespread opposition. A panel advising President Donald Trump on how to reduce the ...

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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 ...

With his namesake center due to open in just over six months, former President Barack Obama is in Chicago this week to see how construction is coming along — plus make a few other stops to promote and ...