Obama opens presidential center in Chicago

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Maher mocks Obama presidential library: ‘Who’s going to go to this?’
Comedian Bill Maher during his latest show mocked the Obama Presidential Center, which opened in Chicago last week.

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Obama Center isn't a traditional presidential library. Critics say it's an activism center.
The Obama Presidential Center is not an official presidential library. Here's why
Resident living in shadows of Obama Presidential Center reveals chaos during years-long construction
A man who has lived across the street from what is now the Barack Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side for 18 years described to Fox News Digital the havoc wreaked in his living complex b...

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Michael Peregrine: The many reasons Jackson Park is a magnificent jewel of the South Side
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Barack And Michelle Officially Unveil The Obama Presidential Center
Obama Presidential Center follows widely-mocked 'stolen land' acknowledgment with Native American dance show
Valerie Jarrett, the former senior advisor to Obama when he was president and the current CEO of the Obama Foundation, kicked things off.

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Barack and Michelle Obama gave Chicago students the sweetest first look inside their new library
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With the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, NPR's Don Gonyea looks back on covering the former president

Claims Obama hasn't paid Black contractors who worked on library are missing key context

The Obama Presidential Center opened in June 2026 amid online rumors that the former president "stiffed" subcontractors who worked on the project.

Trump mocks Obama library as rivals build dueling monuments

As the Obama Presidential Center opens, Trump has made fun of its design and cost while touting his own planned skyscraper.

Maher on Obama Library: "Couldn't That Money Be Better Spent On Something Else? Who's Going To Go To This?"

HBO host Bill Maher and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) debated the essentiality of the Obama Presidential Center on Friday's broadcast of "Real Time." BILL MAHER: So you guys were both at the Obama Library? Do we have a picture of the Obama Library?
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'Trump is not invited': CNN host shuts down MAGA spin on Obama library bash

CNN's Audie Cornish schooled a former Donald Trump staffer who pooh-poohed the opening of Barack Obama's presidential library.The 64-year-old former president will be joined at his library's grand opening Thursday by George W.
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Where are Malia and Sasha Obama now? Their rare public appearance at the Obama Library reveals the private lives their parents fought to protect

Malia and Sasha Obama made a rare family appearance Thursday, June 18, at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, standing alongside Barack and Michelle Obama nearly a decade after leaving the White House as children.
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Biden left wandering on stage at Obama Library opening, shouts for granddaughter

Former President Joe Biden had an awkward moment in front of the crowd at The Obama Presidential Center on Thursday. Footage shows former President Barack Obama playing air guitar before walking offstage,

Trump nightmare comes true as Americans overwhelmingly view Obama more positively than him

A new CNN poll shows Barack Obama has a 57% favorability rating, significantly outpacing Donald Trump at 34% and Joe Biden at 30%, as the former president prepares to open his presidential library.