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Rob Pruitt calls it a “monument of a movement.” Visitors to the Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago will see 2,922 portraits of former President Barack Obama. “The Obama Paintings” is Rebuild Foundation’s newest exhibit. […] The New York artist tells the Chicago Tribune that people assume he’s obsessed with the 44th president. He says Obama is simply “the first politician I felt a connection with.” …

Speaking at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, President Barack Obama told a town hall meeting of the Young African Leaders Initiative that now that he is reaching the end of his term the press is feeling sentimental toward him. “You know, right now I’m at the end of my presidency, so the press is kind of feeling a little sentimental,” he said. “And they think: ‘Ah, you know, he’s gotten old. Look at him, you know, we’ve beat him up. And, so, you know, now let’s focus on the new guys coming in.’ “But,” Obama said,...

President Barack Obama’s doctor says the president’s health remains excellent overall and that he has even improved from his last physical by lowering his cholesterol level and gaining muscle. Obama, 54, weighs in at 175 pounds, about five pounds less than from his last assessment in 2014. Dr. Ronny Jackson, the president’s physician, says the “president continues to focus on healthy lifestyle choices.” …

MSNBC host Chris Matthews asked if resistance to gun control and the amount of guns in the US is because “we really don’t believe in government” during a discussion with gun control advocate Mark Glaze on Wednesday.