MLB champions Cubs visit White House
US president Barack Obama is celebrating Major League Baseball's World Series champions the Chicago Cubs, before he leaves office.
On what is usually a sleepy US federal holiday at the White House, Cubs players filed into the White House East Room on Martin Luther King Day for Obama's final ceremony for a championship sports team. Even sweeter for Obama is that the Cubs hail from his hometown.
The president has a home in Chicago and is a White Sox fan. He rooted for the Cubs after the Sox failed to reach the playoffs.
Obama invited the Cubs hours after they won the series in November, asking on Twitter if the team wanted to visit before his term ends on Friday.
The Cubs won their first World Series title since 1908 by defeating the Cleveland Indians.
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