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Michelle Obama joins Snapchat to promote educating girls worldwide, other causes

June 10, 2018 at 10:48 a.m.

A fan of social media, Michelle Obama joined Snapchat on Tuesday as she prepares for a three-nation overseas tour to promote girls' education globally. Her account: MichelleObama. Snapchat is a...

How Illinois senators voted on gun control measures

May 15, 2019 at 3:42 p.m.

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., bucked his party on gun control Monday as four separate measures failed to advance in the aftermath of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub massacre. Kirk and Sen....

Durbin says gun control measures not likely to pass despite Orlando shooting

August 21, 2019 at 6:48 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin suggested Friday that the availability of guns in the U.S. is so porous that al-Qaida and other terrorist groups are steering followers to gun shows...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center in Pittsburgh on June 14.

Hillary Clinton sets Chicago fundraiser for June 27

May 22, 2019 at 10:02 p.m.

Hillary Clinton will appear at a $2,700-a-person fundraiser June 27 in Chicago. People who raise $27,000 for the event can attend a "host reception" with her, according to an invitation...

First lady Michelle Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House on June 1, 2016.

First lady, daughters set 2-continent trip to promote education for girls

June 10, 2018 at 11:44 a.m.

First lady Michelle Obama and her daughters will visit Spain, Morocco and Liberia later this month to crusade for girls' education, the White House said. Actresses Meryl Streep and Freida...

First lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey talk about life after White House

May 22, 2019 at 10:01 p.m.

Michelle Obama sat down Tuesday with the first lady of talk: Oprah Winfrey. They talked about shopping: Winfrey invited her to hit the stores with her, and Obama said she's...

U.S. Congressman Bob Dold, left, seen here in North Chicago on Jan. 20, 2016, broke with his Republican colleagues on June 14, calling for a series of gun control measures in the wake of the Orlando nightclub attack that killed 49 people.

Illinois U.S. Rep. Dold breaks ranks with GOP, endorses gun control measures

May 22, 2019 at 10:00 p.m.

Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold, who is in a tough re-election battle, broke with GOP colleagues Tuesday by calling for a series of gun control measures. Dold spoke from 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.

First stop for Obama library archives? An empty furniture store in Hoffman Estates

August 21, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

Before the doors of President Barack Obama's library open on Chicago's South Side, truckloads of White House archives will be shipped to a former furniture store in the northwest suburbs....

Chicago kids to be part of Michelle Obama event for arts program expansion

June 10, 2018 at 1:48 p.m.

Michelle Obama on Wednesday will announce an expansion of the Turnaround Arts initiative that introduces young people to the arts and enlists noted artists as mentors, an aide to the...

Foundation: Obama library will bring ‘something important to neighborhoods’

August 21, 2019 at 6:26 p.m.

The foundation building the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side emailed supporters Monday to introduce some of its staff members and stress that its mission goes beyond bricks and...

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