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Here's the scoop on everything you need to know on what the president is up to this week.

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The president says juvenile solitary confinement is overused and has devastating psychological ramifications.

President Obama on Thursday announced his administration would give the city $80 million in federal funding to assist in the water crisis poisoning thousands -- a growing scandal that has sparked resignation requests from citizens for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder.

Turns out, Obama was actually given the opportunity to speak at the 17-year-old's ceremony, but he turned it down because he'll be too busy crying.

President Barack Obama's seventh and final State of the Union address summed up all of the things the United States of America could be if he were to be elected for a third term.

Ahead of the president's final State of the Union Address, Biden spoke with CNN about his life, career, and friendship with Obama, recounting how the president was supportive throughout his son's battle with brain cancer. Beau Biden, the former attorney general of Delaware, died in May at the age of 46 following a long struggle with the disease.