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The Obamas return to the White House for the unveiling of their portraits

The event marked the first time in 10 years since a sitting president has invited former leadership back for a revealing of portraits — a tradition that stalled during the Trump years.

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Obama official portraits - live: Barack jokes about tan suit and Michelle jabs Trump at painting unveiling

Live coverage as the official White House portraits of the Obamas are unveiled

The Independent UK

Salaries for top staffers at Obama Foundation are outpacing their counterparts at other presidential centers

CHICAGO — Even before Barack Obama left the White House, plans to build his presidential center in Jackson Park were met with resistance as nearby residents feared the center’s very existence would drive up costs in an area the former president says he wants to uplift.

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Biden hosts Obamas to unveil portraits snubbed by Trump

Washington (AFP) - Former US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will finally be honored Wednesday with the official unveiling of their portraits in the White House, resuming a tradition that fell by the wayside under Donald Trump.

AFP

Biden Rejects Branding Russia 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'

US President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it would be counterproductive to brand Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism," rejecting calls from Ukraine and lawmakers to take the far-reaching action. Biden, asked by a reporter on Monday if he would blacklist Russia as a terrorist state, said simply, "no,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A hyperpolarized, deeply fragile 2022 election: Democrats’ energy over Roe blunts GOP advantage

At the start of 2022, the political consensus was Democrats were toast. Inflation was at record highs, President Joe Biden’s approval numbers were slumping and precedent pointed to odds heavily stacked against the party that held the White House in the November midterms.

Los Angeles Times

Trump said ‘weirdo’ Mark Zuckerberg joined him at the White House for dinner ‘last week’

The former president shared the bizarre anecdote during his Saturday rally in Pennsylvania

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Roland Mesnier: White House pastry chef for a sweet quarter-century

A confident and methodical patissier, Mesnier was a master at creating decadent, sugary showstoppers

The Independent UK

Biden seeks to make midterms a referendum on Trump

Washington (AFP) - Midterm elections in America are traditionally all about the current president -- whose party rarely comes out well.Joe Biden has another plan for this November: to turn the vote into a referendum on Donald Trump and his "extremist" politics.

AFP

Joe Brolly and wife Laurita Blewitt invited Joe Biden to wedding but US president declined

The invitation reached the White House and 'was followed up' but Biden was unable to attend and developed Covid around the time of marriage

Belfast Live

Donald Trump ‘obviously thinking’ about running for US president in 2024, says son-in-law Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner has revealed that his father-in-law has asked him about a potential second run for the White House

Evening Standard

Biden Urges Iraq 'National Dialogue' in Call with Kadhimi

US President Joe Biden urged Iraqis Wednesday to support dialogue to resolve a months-long political crisis that erupted into violence, in a call with Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. Biden “commended” Kadhimi's “personal leadership during escalating tensions and violence over a 24-hour period earlier this week," the White House said in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Obamas to unveil White House portraits after Trump snub

Washington (AFP) - Former US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will finally unveil their official portraits at the White House next week after being denied the honor by Donald Trump.

AFP

U.S., Japanese and South Korean national security counterparts to meet this week

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on Wednesday and Thursday in Hawaii, the White House said, amid heightened tensions in the region between China and Taiwan.

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Top Secret Service official at heart of January 6 Trump row steps down

Tony Ornato, who reportedly told aide Trump lunged for steering wheel as Capitol attack was starting, was key figure to committee

Radio France Internationale

Former longtime White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier dies at 78

Roland Mesnier, the French-born pastry chef at the White House who confectioned delicacies for five US presidents, has died aged 78.

AFP

Longtime White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier dies at 78

Washington (AFP) - Roland Mesnier, the French-born longtime pastry chef at the White House whose whimsical confections served five American presidents, has died at age 78, relatives told AFP Sunday.

WEKU

Is it fair to forgive student loans? Examining 3 of the arguments of a heated debate

President Biden's plan to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt will help millions – but it's also raising concerns about inflation, economic fairness and college tuition costs.

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The Independent UK

Jared Kushner describes Steve Bannon as ‘a suicide bomber’ who ‘blew up’ the White House

Kushner brands Bannon ‘divisive’ and accuses him of ‘knife-fighting’ other members of the Trump administration

Salon

CNN shifts right: Will they never learn?

With Brian Stelter off the air, CNN seems determined to repeat the grotesque errors that led to President Trump

Reuters

Biden to travel to New York Sept. 18-20 for U.N. General Assembly, White House says

U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to New York Sept. 18-20 to participate in a session of the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said on Thursday.

France 24

White House Covid adviser Anthony Fauci announces departure from government

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than five decades of service.

The Independent UK

Wife of Navy officer jailed in Japan for killing to pedestrians takes pleas for his release to DC

Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis’s wife, Brittanny Alkonis, relatives and friends rallied outside of the White House for his release

The Independent UK

Cheney hints at White House run by invoking presidents Lincoln and Grant in her concession speech

Cheney says Abraham Lincoln lost Senate and House elections before becoming president

The Independent UK

Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law: ‘The American people won’

The climate, health care and tax law caps a remarkable string of legislative wins for the Biden administration

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