--- description: Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States of America title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bill Clinton ## Bill Clinton Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States of America ## Bill Clinton Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * ![Dr. Paul Farmer listens to a man seeking treatment for his daughter at the Partners in Health hospital in Cange, Haiti, Nov. 2003. \(Angel Franco/The New York Times\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36789ceb406b278f/698a22a322fb854d58e2d263/dr-paul-farmer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Mar 2, 2022 ### [Bill Clinton: Paul Farmer Tried to Heal the World](https://time.com/6154004/bill-clinton-remembers-paul-farmer-remembering-paul-farmer/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) * ![President Clinton signs the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act at the White House on Sept. 13, 1994.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb697258b1a2e8c62/698a010e096a943fbc6a6c70/bill-clinton-assault-weapons-column-feature.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Aug 8, 2019 ### [President Bill Clinton: Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban Now](https://time.com/5647319/bill-clinton-assault-weapons-column/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) * ![Mario Cuomo, who died Jan. 1 at 82](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a44f1232a815635/698778bd55a8596ecda85229/mario-cuomo-milestones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Jan 8, 2015 ### [Remembering Mario Cuomo](https://time.com/3659199/bill-clinton-remembers-mario-cuomo/) Mario Cuomo’s America was one of community, compassion and responsibility [POLITICS](/section/politics/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/bill-clinton/","name":"Bill Clinton"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/bill-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/bill-clinton/"},"name":"Bill Clinton","jobTitle":null,"description":"Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States of America","url":"https://time.com/author/bill-clinton/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```