CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Clearwater Beach Library and Recreation Center has reopened. The complex was damaged during the back-to-back hurricanes in 2024 and closed for nearly two years for renovations. ...

Don't call it a library. The $1 billion Obama Presidential Center opened with huge fanfare last week in a park near the shore of Lake Michigan, but critics say what the public thinks is a library will ...

Barack and Michelle Obama helped open the Obama Presidential Center’s new public library by putting books in front of children first. On Friday, June 19, the former president and first lady surprised ...

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At Thursday’s ceremony marking the beginning of the Obama Presidential Center’s opening weekend, the master of ceremonies began with a left-wing "land acknowledgment ritual," for which the entire ...

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The Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago’s Jackson Park, honoring Barack Obama’s legacy with exhibits, programs and community spaces. More than a decade after it was first announced, the Obama ...

After more than a decade since it was announced, the Obama Presidential Center and Library officially opens to the public in Chicago's Jackson Park on June 19, 2026. The sprawling 20-acre campus is ...

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The Obama Presidential Center, which opens to the public on Friday, on Juneteenth, hugs the north end of Jackson Park, runs alongside a lagoon, rises 225 feet at its highest, and rolls backward down ...