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Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago is again coming under scrutiny for its architectural design — this time leaving locals scratching their heads over confusing text wrapped around the top of the building. 

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«I’m outside the Obama Center museum tower right now,» Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bay posted to X Monday, sparking a deluge of mockery from locals and conservatives. 

«The new letters — an excerpt from Obama’s Selma speech — are tough read to me, giving off the lorem ipsum vibes,» he added, referring to placeholder «dummy» text frequently used in graphic design templates to fill space with scrambled Latin.

Obama’s presidential center — which includes a library, athletic facilities, a museum and more — is slated to open in June after years of delays that included lawsuits and federal reviews of opening the 20-acre campus on Chicago’s South Side. 

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The text of former President Obama’s speech marking the 50th anniversary of «Bloody Sunday» in Selma, Alabama, is wrapped around the side of the upcoming presidential center in Chicago.  (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

The construction includes a 225-foot museum tower with the text of Obama’s 2015 speech in Selma, Alabama, marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when civil rights demonstrators were met with violent resistance from local law enforcement in a watershed moment that helped galvanize support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. 

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The text of Obama’s speech, inscribed on the upper echelon of the tower, reads: «You are America. Unconstrained by habit and convention. Unencumbered by what is, ready to seize what ought to be. For everywhere in this country, there are first steps to be taken, there is new ground to cover, there are more bridges to be crossed. America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone. Oh, what a glorious task we are given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.»

Critics of the building had a field day on X in response to the building update, including one user comparing it to a «Klingon prison» in a nod to «Star Trek,» while others lampooned the alleged inability to read the text of the building. 

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«What don’t you understand about,» Targeted Victory vice president Logan Dobson posted. «YOU ARE AMERICA ED BY HABILAND UNENCUMBERED ADY TO SEIZE WE,» he continued, mocking the confusing lay out of the text. 

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Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago is facing mounting scrutiny over a speech inscription on the building that has left viewers confused.  (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

«The dyslexic in me is not amused,» journalist and columnist Salena Zito posted. 

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«He put his own speech on the outside of his library?» one user posted. «Find yourself someone who loves you like Obama loves himself.» 

«I gave up after developing a headache three lines from the top,» one user posted. 

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«It looks like a WW2-era German anti-aircraft tower,» another posted. 

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama gives her remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Sept. 28, 2021. (Sebastian Hidalgo/Reuters)

«I noticed when I was in the air that the sentences wrap around the west and south sides of the building, and looks decent in a very specific spot on the ground or very good from the air…but like that’s not an ideal design in my opinion,» a Chicago photojournalist posted to X. 

Other users didn’t take issue with the campus itself, but remarked how the construction is gentrifying the South Side. 

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«It actually does look good,» one user posted. «Love or hate the guy, at least the presidential library will have a nice park for people to walk through. I get the whole blue vs red thing. But right now the main problem seems to be the gentrification and house price increases in the neighbourhood.»

Exterior view of the Obama Presidential Center tower under construction in Chicago.

The main tower of the Obama Presidential Center rises above Jackson Park in Chicago as construction continues on the privately run campus. (Fox 32 Chicago)

The text inscription was preparing for installation at the end of 2025, according to the Obama Foundation’s website. 

«At the Museum Building, crews are preparing support structures ahead of the installation of screen text taken from President Obama’s speech «You Are America,» which marked the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches,» the Obama Foundation said in its year-end recap on construction for 2025. 

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The Obama Foundation has celebrated the center repeatedly since it was first announced more than a decade ago, describing it ahead of its opening as «a lively community hub, economic anchor, and beacon of democracy right here on the South Side of Chicago.»

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The campus has come under scrutiny from locals over gentrification concerns and over its Brutalist-style of architecture, a post-war-era style popularized in the 1950s known for its modular and minimalist designs. For locals in Chicago, they’ve dubbed the building the «The Obamalisk,» according to the New York Post, in a jab at the Brutalist-inspired design. 

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Fox News Digital reached out to the Obama Foundation for additional comment Tuesday morning. 

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Latina House Republican asks Supreme Court to block Dems’ bid to ‘racially gerrymander’ her out of Congress

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New York City’s lone Republican lawmaker in the House of Representatives is asking the highest court in the land to stop a Democrat-backed bid to gerrymander her seat in Congress.

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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., filed a petition with the Supreme Court late last week asking it to halt a state court-ordered redraw of New York’s congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections.

The New York State Supreme Court ruled last month that Malliotakis’ district unfairly dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters, following a lawsuit led by Democrat lawyer Marc Elias’ law firm on behalf of four New York residents.

New York’s 11th congressional district (NY-11), which Malliotakis won in 2020, encompasses all of Staten Island and a sliver of southern Brooklyn. It’s the only district in the Big Apple represented by a Republican after Malliotakis defeated one-term former Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y.

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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is petitioning the Supreme Court to stop New York Democrats’ push to redraw her congressional seat. ( Andrew Harnik/Getty; Drew Angerer/Getty)

Malliotakis’ court petition argued that the Manhattan court «violated the Equal Protection Clause by prohibiting New York from running congressional elections until the state racially gerrymanders» her district.

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The GOP congresswoman pointed out in a recent interview with Fox News Digital that she herself is Latino, with a mother who fled Cuba’s communist regime.

«The fact that they’re claiming somehow Hispanics and minorities are disenfranchised when I’m the first Hispanic elected to represent the district makes it even more ridiculous,» Malliotakis said at the time.

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The state court decision by Justice Jeffrey Pearlman found that «Black, Latino, and Asian Staten Islanders’ political representation and participation in politics still lags behind White Staten Islanders» in violation of the New York State Constitution.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Nov. 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C.  (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

«A demonstration of racially polarized voting shows that the minority groups at issue vote as a bloc, as do White voters, and that the minority preferred candidates ‘usually’ lose,» Pearlman’s decision said. «Petitioners have demonstrated that here.»

Malliotakis’ Supreme Court petition said, «The New York State Legislature adopted CD11’s current boundaries two years ago, with an overwhelming majority of the Legislature’s Black and Latino members voting in favor of it.»

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It argued that the lawsuit was brought, however, «less than four months ago under the theory that the votes of CD11’s Black and Latino voters — who comprise about 23% of CD11 — have been unconstitutionally diluted because their candidate of choice wins only 25% of the time.»

The petition said the court’s decision to «racially gerrymander» the district is a «recipe for unconstitutional chaos, with no map in place and uncertainty as to whether nominating petitions can start circulating on February 24, with no end in sight.»

But Democrats have been salivating at the idea of drawing out the deep-blue city’s lone House Republican.

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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement last month, «This ruling is the first step toward ensuring communities of interest remain intact from Staten Island to Lower Manhattan.»

New York is one of several states plunged into the redistricting battle that has gripped the United States.

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It began last year in Texas, when the state’s GOP-led legislature redrew its congressional map to give Republicans an advantage of as many as five new House seats.

California soon followed suit, creating a new map giving Democrats the same advantage.

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Con la salida de José Jeri, Perú profundiza su inestabilidad política y tendrá nueve presidentes en una década

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Con la destitución de José Jeri, Perú profundizó un ciclo interminable de inestabilidad política que tendrá este miércoles un nuevo capítulo cuando el Congreso elija al octavo presidente en menos de una década.

Pero no será el último de este 2026. El 12 de abril los peruanos elegirán a su noveno mandatario de los últimos 10 años. Será por voto popular. El ganador de las elecciones asumirá el poder el 28 de julio.

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Es un récord del que los peruanos no se enorgullecen. Si bien está lejos de los cinco presidentes en una semana que tuvo la Argentina a fines de 2001, Perú está inmerso en una interminable crisis institucional que convirtió a la sede de gobierno en arenas movedizas.

Una lista que se agranda cada año

Jeri fue el séptimo presidente del Perú desde 2016. Desde entonces la nómina se engrosa en medio de fuertes internas parlamentarias. Ninguno de ellos logró completar siquiera tres años de mandato. La lista es la siguiente:

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  • Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Gobernó entre el 28 de julio de 2016 y el 23 de marzo de 2018. Renunció en medio de una serie de escándalos que sacudieron su gestión. En diciembre, la fiscalía pidió ocho años de cárcel por corrupción.
  • Martín Vizcarra. Asumió en reemplazo de Kuczynski, del que era su vicepresidente. Estuvo en el cargo entre el 23 de marzo de 2018 y el 9 de noviembre de 2020. Fue destituido por “incapacidad moral permanente”. En 2025, fue sentenciado a 14 años de cárcel por haber cobrado sobornos cuando era gobernador de Moquegua.
  • Manuel Merino. Fue designado por el Congreso. Su gestión comenzó el 10 de noviembre de 2020 y culminó el 15 de noviembre de ese mismo año. Duró apenas cinco días. Renunció en medio de fuertes protestas.
  • Francisco Sagasti. También fue nombrado por el Parlamento. El mandato inició el 17 de noviembre de 2020 y se extendió hasta el 28 de julio de 2021. Completó su gestión.
  • Pedro Castillo. Asumió el 28 de julio de 2021 por el voto popular y fue destituido el 7 de diciembre de 2022 tras un fallido autogolpe. Tras su remoción se desataron protestas que dejaron decenas de muertos. Finalmente fue condenado a 11 años de prisión.
  • Dina Boluarte. La primera presidenta del Perú reemplazó al destituido mandatario de izquierda en su calidad de vice. Comenzó su mandato el 7 de diciembre de 2022 y fue removida del cargo el 10 de octubre de 2025 por “incapacidad moral”. Fue la mandataria que más estuvo en el poder en la última década. Le faltaba menos de un mes para completar tres años. Hoy enfrenta varias causas en la justicia.
  • José Jeri. Estuvo a cargo del ejecutivo desde el 10 de octubre de 2025 hasta el 17 de febrero de 2026. Fue removido por “tráfico de influencias”.

Francisco Sagasti, el único de los mandatarios que logró completar su mandato en la última década, responsabilizó a los distintos partidos con representación parlamentaria por las continuas crisis institucionales del país.

Es un Congreso irresponsable con personajes que no están a la altura de las circunstancias. Los ciudadanos tenemos una enorme responsabilidad de no volver a elegir a candidatos de los partidos que son responsables del desorden total que hemos vivido en los ultimos años”, dijo Sagasti a la emisora RPP.

Cuál es el origen de la crisis institucional que golpea a Perú

La analista peruana Upi Torrado, directora de la encuestadora Datum Perú, dijo a TN que el origen de las crisis que golpean cíclicamente al país se basa en la debilidad parlamentaria de los últimos presidentes.

“En los últimos tiempos el Congreso ha adquirido mucha fuerza frente a la debilidad de los gobiernos. Los distintos mandatarios asumen con bancadas muy pequeñas o no tienen bancada, como le ocurrió a Dina Boluarte”, indicó.

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Personas protestan contra el presidente interino peruano José Jeri frente al lugar donde los legisladores debaten su posible destitución en Lima, Perú, el martes 17 de febrero de 2026. (Foto AP/Gerardo Marín)

Además, explicó: “Entonces se desarrolla una dinámica muy fuerte de poder. Asumen el gobierno partidos débiles con bancadas pequeñas. Al no tener ese respaldo legislativo, los presidentes son frágiles”.

En el caso de Jeri, su partido Somos Perú es minoritario. “Todos los partidos con representación parlamentaria están postulando candidatos a presidente y a la reelección legislativa. Jeri estaba envuelto en distintos escándalos y todos quisieron marcar distancia” en plena campaña, señaló Torrado.

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En una reciente entrevista con TN, el expremier peruano Pedro Cateriano afirmó que la crisis comenzó cuando el Parlamento forzó la renuncia de Kuczynski en 2016 mediante “el mal uso de la vacancia por incapacidad moral”.

Según dijo, la vacancia presidencial solo puede ser fundamentada con acusaciones graves, como traición a la Patria, disolver el Congreso o impedir el desarrollo de las elecciones. Desde entonces se comenzó a usar el término “incapacidad moral” para remover a los presidentes por motivos diferentes. Se convirtió en un término elástico.

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Además, en el caso de los presidentes encargados que asumieron tras la “vacancia” de su predecesor, el Congreso utiliza la “censura” que requiere de una mayoría simple porque en la práctica no se trata de un mandatario electo con el voto popular, sino de un titular del Congreso encargado del gobierno.

La “vacancia” propiamente dicha necesita 2/3 de los votos del Parlamento.

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Iconic ‘Lovers’ Arch’ on Italian coast collapses on Valentine’s Day

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A popular rock structure in Italy known as the «Lovers’ Arch» collapsed on Valentine’s Day following days of poor weather. 

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The natural formation, which was part of the Sant’Andrea sea stacks along southern Italy’s Adriatic coast, was often used as a backdrop for tourist photos and wedding proposals, according to Reuters. 

«This is an unwanted Valentine’s Day gift,» Maurizio Cisternino, the mayor of the nearby town of Melendugno, was quoted as telling a local newspaper. 

Cisternino described the collapse as a «very hard blow» for the area after days of heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas. 

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The «Lovers’ Arch» near Melendugno in southern Italy is shown at left in 2018. On Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, the rock structure collapsed following days of bad weather. (DEA/V. Giannella; Paolo Manzo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

«Nature has taken back what it created,» Cisternino said. 

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Photos taken at the scene showed a pile of rubble in an area where the arch used to soar over the water.

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People stand near where Lovers' Arch collapsed in Italy

The area where the «Lovers’ Arch» was located in Italy is a popular tourist photo site. (Paolo Manzo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Officials are now warning that other parts of the rocky coastline are at risk of collapse, with cracks visible along the cliffs, Reuters reported.

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The arch collapsed on Saturday, Feb. 14, following days of poor weather, a local mayor said. (Paolo Manzo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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The news agency also said storms and heavy rains in recent days have damaged other parts of Italy’s coastline along the Ionian Sea, damaging beach structures and causing small cliff falls from Gallipoli to Ugento. 

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