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In the Republican address, Arkansas Rep. Steve Womack says Washington has been denying Americans the chance to seize their economic destiny.

President Barack Obama sat in as guest on Zach Galifianakis' Funny or Die show 'Between Two Ferns' and the entire thing is actually pretty funny.

The White House says the order requires that employees who work for tips make at least $10.10 overall.

You may not like the job President Obama is doing, but you've gotta like the way he handles his pooches.

Declaring 2014 a "year of action" as he unveiled a series of relatively meager executive actions, President Barack Obama vowed in his State of the Union address Tuesday night to sidestep Congress "whenever and wherever" he can in order to push through his agenda.

The official insisted on anonymity because this person was not authorized to discuss the president's decision by name.

Barack Obama, the POTUS with the mostest, has received the auto-tune treatment once more and can now be seen singing Lady Gaga's 'Do What U Want.'

A few weeks ago, we were talking about the slightly disturbing trend amongst teens who were taking "selfies" at funerals and posting them online for the world to see. Now it seems as if the leader of the free world, President Barack Obama has joined in all the fun by snapping a three-way selfie the Nelson Mandela memorial.

We now know how the leader of the free world managed to kick his smoking habit.

Today, thousands gathered on the National Mall to hear President Barack Obama -- along with other speakers, including two former presidents and other important civil rights leaders -- commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' speech in the same spot where Dr. King marched on Washington.

Barack Obama is known as a "cool" President of the United States, but he isn't exactly blessed with much modern swag; so when he appeared in a candid shot with Justin Timberlake, he scored major points in the menswear world as he was proudly on his "suit & tie sh--."

In what may be the greatest parental strategy ever to discourage your children from getting a tattoo, President Barack Obama revealed what he would do if his daughters ever got inked up. He told 'Today Show' anchor Savannah Guthrie that if 11-year-old Sasha, or 14-year old Malia ever got a tattoo; he and wife Michelle would get the same tattoo, in the same place!

1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin. 12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin. The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility.

Every year on New Year's Eve we look back at the last 365 days and reflect on what defined them. Right here on this very website, there were many stories that made you laugh, cry, click, share - and sometimes, left you shaking your head in disbelief. Based on web hits, impact, and your interaction via social media, we came up with Hot 107.9's 7 Biggest Stories from 2012.

A visibly tearful President Barack Obama wiped away tears as he addressed the nation earlier today on the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary earlier today. Obama spoke more as a father, saying "these kids had their entire lives ahead of them...

Thanks to his Kenyan ancestry, it stands to reason there are a lot of little Barack Obamas running around Kenya at the moment—and now there will also be at least one Mitt Romney.

No matter how you voted in this year's election, it's always great to see hard workers being recognized, appreciated and thanked for what they do. Check out this video showing newly re-elected President Barack Obama getting emotional as he thanks his campaign staff for a job well done...

An electronic voting machine in Pennsylvania has been taken out of service after it was captured on video changing a vote for President Barack Obama into a vote for Governer Mitt Romney.

The second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney got started just after 9 o'clock from the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The town-hall-style debate, with an audience of uncommitted voters selected by Gallup, was moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley...

Rapper Nicki Minaj sparked an unnecessary controversy over her Mitt Romney line, "I'm a Republican voting for Mitt Romney, you lazy b----es is f---ing up the economy," on Lil Wayne's 'Mercy (Freestyle).' President Obama called in to Orlando station Power 95.3 on Monday (Sept. 10) to weigh in on Nicki’s lyrics.