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Michelle Obama praised for wearing ‘iconic’ braids to her White House portrait unveiling

‘Means a lot to Black girls & women’

The Independent UK

Fox News host Laura Ingraham says Obama ‘blew it’ because Trump was elected after him

Ingraham has been an avowed friend of Trump’s for more than two decades

The Independent UK

First thing: Mar-a-Lago a magnet for spies, officials warn

Former intelligence chiefs say national security officials are ‘shaking their heads at what damage might have been done’. Plus, the rise of LGBTQ ‘shotgun’ weddings

The Guardian - UK

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

Wednesday marked the first return visit to the White House for Ms Obama since leaving in 2017

The Independent UK

The Loop: Buxton crash accused refused bail, Harry Styles on claims he spat on Chris Pine, and the world's second-tallest rollercoaster retires

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ABC News

Obamas return to White House as Biden unveils their portraits

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hosted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official portraits at the White House, calling them “two dear friends, and two great Americans.”

Tribune News Service

‘Telling that fuller story’: Michelle and Barack on their White House portraits

Former first lady and former president speak in poetry at unveiling ceremony of official paintings at White House in first visit together since leaving office

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Michelle Obama’s portrait features her in gown by Jason Wu, who designed her inaugural celebration dresses

Former first lady returned to White House for first time since 2017 to celebrate unveiling of her and Barack’s official portraits

The Independent UK

At White House portrait unveiling, Michelle Obama seizes the moment

WASHINGTON — Historically, former presidents and first ladies return to the White House during their successor’s term for the official unveiling of their portraits. That didn’t happen over President Donald Trump’s four years in office. So on Wednesday, President Joe Biden welcomed the Obamas back to their former home for…

Los Angeles Times

Michelle Obama has a dig at Donald Trump in White House portrait remarks: ‘Once our time is up, we move on’

Michelle Obama spoke at the unveiling of her official White House portrait on Wednesday

The Independent UK

The Loop live: Canada stabbing manhunt ends, teen charged over fatal crash in Sydney, royal siblings George, Charlotte and Louis pictured at new school

What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.

ABC News

Barack and Michelle Obama unveil new White House portraits

The Obamas’ portraits are unlike any others in the White House collection in terms of style and substance.

Al Jazeera

Obamas return to White House as Biden unveils their portraits

Tribune News Service

Barack and Michelle Obama finally get portrait reception on return to White House

Joe Biden ‘welcomed home’ the Obamas - together at the White House for the first time in five years

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The Independent UK

People praise ‘stunning’ portraits of Michelle and Barack Obama after they are unveiled at White House

Portraits of former president and first lady will remain permanently in White House

The Independent UK

Obama praises Biden for guiding US through ‘perilous times’ at portrait unveiling: ‘The country is better off’

‘Thanks to your decency, and thanks to your strength – maybe most of all, thanks to your faith in our democracy and the American people, the country is better off than when you took office’

Chicago Sun-Times

Barack, Michelle Obama White House portraits unveiled

The unveiling event at the White House set humor and nostalgia over Obama’s presidency against the current harsh political talk about the survival of democracy.

The Independent UK

Here they are: Obamas' White House portraits being unveiled

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are unveiling their official White House portraits

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WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

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

Why did Donald Trump block the Obamas’ portraits and why was the decision so controversial?

Republican’s hostility meant no painting of America’s first Black president and first lady have hung at the White House until now

Salon

How lies about Obama led to Trump

Folklorist Patricia Turner on how unhinged right-wing paranoia about the first Black president tore America apart

The Philadelphia Inquirer

African Americans converge on Martha's Vineyard each summer in search of Black joy

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. — It was early in August when my husband and I had just arrived on Martha's Vineyard and ventured out by bicycle to try to get a feel for the island.

The Independent UK

Barack Obama beats David Attenborough to win Best Narrator Emmy

Obama is second president to win Emmy after Dwight D Eisenhower in 1956

The New Daily

Barack Obama wins an Emmy Award – and is halfway to an ‘EGOT’

Former US president Barack Obama has an Emmy Award to go with his two Grammys and is halway to the entertainment industry's coveted 'EGOT'.

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