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Kirk accuses Duckworth of mocking stroke victims as Senate race heats up

May 15, 2019 at 3:52 p.m.

The rhetoric continued to escalate in the U.S. Senate race Wednesday, as Republican Sen. Mark Kirk accused Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth of mocking stroke victims when she characterized him as...

A bicyclist in Jackson Park near the site of the Obama Presidential Center on April 14, 2021.

Search for Obama library director to begin soon

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

After selecting architects and a site for the Obama Presidential Center, President Barack Obama faces another key decision: choosing a director for his library and museum. The job hasn't been...

Obama library could spark golf course upgrade

June 11, 2018 at 9:55 p.m.

President Barack Obama's affinity for golf may find a new outlet in Chicago, just down the road from his planned presidential library, if a proposal pans out for a lakefront...

President Barack Obama speaks in Atlanta on Aug. 1, 2016. Obama on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, cut short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what the White House called the largest batch of commutations on a single day in more than a century.

Obama commutes sentences of 214 convicts, 5 from Chicago area

May 22, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

A 78-year-old drug dealer from Chicago sentenced to life in prison will be free in a year thanks to a commutation from President Barack Obama. Obama on Wednesday commuted the...

Obama Foundation Chair Marty Nesbitt joins community leaders to officially announce the Jackson Park location of the Obama Presidential Center during a press conference outside the Museum of Science and Industry Aug. 3, 2016.

Obama library boosters: Jackson Park choice won’t leave Washington Park in dust

June 10, 2018 at 10:38 a.m.

With the sun glimmering off the Jackson Park lagoon, planners of an Obama presidential library in that historic park sought to reassure residents living near Washington Park, the runner-up site,...

Craig Robinson and his wife, Kelly Robinson, arrive for a state dinner for Singapore on Aug. 2, 2016.

State dinner for Singapore becomes political family affair

August 21, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama kept the guest list to less than 200 on Tuesday night for the state dinner for Singapore. The gala, smaller in scale...

Obama Foundation makes it official: Presidential library will go up in Jackson Park

June 10, 2018 at 6:36 a.m.

President Barack Obama and the first lady are "thrilled" that his presidential library will go up in Jackson Park, "in the heart of Chicago's South Side, a community we call...

Obama chooses historic Jackson Park as library site

August 21, 2019 at 7:25 p.m.

Rejecting a rough-edged urban site for what could be a showcase near the lakefront, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected Chicago's historic Jackson Park as the...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Martin Nesbitt, left, chairman of the Obama Foundation, announce on May 12, 2015, that Chicago will be the home of Obama's presidential library and museum.

The Obama Foundation announces its latest big givers

August 21, 2019 at 7:12 p.m.

The Obama Foundation, which is raising money for the presidential museum and library to be built on Chicago's South Side, posted its latest round of contributions on Friday. The foundation's...

One-year after Sandra Bland's death in a Texas jail cell, a group gathers for a candlelight vigil at Chicago's Federal Plaza to honor the anniversary on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. The signs read "Sandra Speaks."

Mothers of Hadiya Pendleton, Sandra Bland to speak at Democratic National Convention

May 22, 2019 at 10:11 p.m.

The mothers of Hadiya Pendleton and Sandra Bland will address the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, organizers said. Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, whose 15-year-old daughter Hadiya was shot to...

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