Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much.

Chicago that was sooooo epic. Playing 3 nights at Soldier Field and getting to sing ‘You All Over Me’ with @MarenMorris who I adore. You guys were so much fun to play for, I love you 🥰 See you 🔜 Detroit! 📷: @iammoustache / @GettyImages

Chicago knows how to show up! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped the @ObamaFoundation clean up Rainbow Beach, Washington Park, and Jackson Park—the future home of the Obama Presidential Center—for Earth Day.

In Chicago, I got to spend time with grassroots leaders from our @GirlsAlliance Network who are learning from each other and finding new ways to create even more opportunities for girls in this city that we love. I also had the chance to hear more about the work that folks in our @MBK_Alliance Network are doing to transform the lives of young men and the communities they live in. Michelle and I are proud of the work these groups are doing, and the difference they’ll make for generations to come.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee struck a note of caution about inflation that has not only failed to continue cooling to the US central bank’s 2% target, but has moved up since the start of the US war in Iran.