--- title: President Obama | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/president-obama/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/president-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # President Obama ## President Obama *  Aug 5, 2019 ## [Obama Responds to El Paso, Dayton Shootings](https://time.com/5644593/obama-statement-mass-shootings-texas-dayton/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josiah Bates *  Mar 22, 2018 ## ['You Are Going to Make an Enormous Difference.' Read Barack and Michelle Obama's Letter to the Parkland Students](https://time.com/5210892/barack-michelle-obama-parkland-march-lives/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Flora Carr *  Sep 5, 2017 ## [Read President Trump's Full Statement on Rescinding DACA](https://time.com/4927495/donald-trump-statement-daca-rescind/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Kate Samuelson *  Jun 5, 2017 ## ['Hell on Earth': A New Documentary on Syria Traces the Rise of ISIS](https://time.com/4804985/syria-isis-film-sebastian-junger-nick-quested/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Andrew Katz *  Feb 8, 2017 ## [Former White House Photographer Trolls Trump on Instagram](https://time.com/4663783/donald-trump-trolled-former-obama-photographer-pete-souza/) by Kate Samuelson *  Jan 20, 2017 ## [Obama's Final Phone Call as President Was to Angela Merkel](https://time.com/4640803/barack-obama-angela-merkel/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Kate Samuelson *  Jan 19, 2017 ## [Watch Ellen DeGeneres's Heartfelt Tribute to President Obama: 'I Am a Legally Married Woman Because of Him'](https://time.com/4639431/ellen-degeneres-president-obama-tribute/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jan 19, 2017 ## [Behind the Most Powerful Photos of Obama's Years in the White House](https://time.com/4637807/obama-pete-souza/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Julia Lull and Alice Gabriner *  Jan 13, 2017 ## [The Internet Is Turning Joe Biden's Medal of Freedom Into a 'Best Friends Forever' Necklace](https://time.com/4634470/joe-biden-barack-obama-best-friends-forever-necklace/) by Megan McCluskey * ![Josh Earnest, Assistant to the President, Press Secretary 2014-Present:
“Pete went and took a photo of my son on Halloween dressed as Superman flexing his muscles with the President of the United States. It's a photo I look forward to showing to him when he's older and explaining to him what the heck happened.”
](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8924818cdb902ed8/6988b508656a3faa17bce583/14714671_189233951483240_592016393705095168_n.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Jan 12, 2017 ## [The Photos That Moved Them Most: The Obama Administration](https://time.com/4630509/obama-photos/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by TIME Photo *  Jan 12, 2017 ## [How the Permanent White House Staff Welcomes a New First Family](https://time.com/4632665/kate-andersen-brower-white-house/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Kate Andersen Brower *  Jan 12, 2017 ## [Life at 1600](https://time.com/4632657/life-at-1600/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy *  Jan 12, 2017 ## [5 Things You Learn Working at the White House](https://time.com/4631744/white-house-barack-obama-donald-trump/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Merrill Fabry *  Jan 6, 2017 ## [10 Times Barack Obama Confirmed He Was the Ultimate Dad-in-Chief](https://time.com/4621362/barack-obama-best-dad-moments/) by Cady Lang *  Dec 14, 2016 ## [How People Feel About President Obama’s Legacy Varies Greatly By Party Affiliation: Survey](https://time.com/4602473/president-obama-legacy-party-affiliation/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Maya Rhodan ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@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/tag/president-obama/","name":"President Obama"}}]}] ```