Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Lionel Messi will be among 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden during a Saturday ceremony at the White House. The Presidential ...

President Joe Biden changed his travel plans to Rome to award Pope Francis the Medal of Freedom due to the California wildfires, but the two still spoke on Saturday.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden exit a Medal of Freedom ceremony in the White House on Jan. 4. (Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post) The Post’s Jan. 5 report on the ...

US President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, the White House said. It was the ...

“For the final time as president I have the honor bestowing the Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor, on a group of extraordinary, truly extraordinary people, who gave their ...

Canadian actor Michael J. Fox was among the 19 notable names on Saturday to take home the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States. Fox, who was born in ...

A final bow after Lauren's fall 1999 fashion show. There’s no set criteria for receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It comes down entirely to the sensibility and sometimes the politics ...

Among Saturday's 19 recipients are rockstar Bono and actor Denzel Washington. President Joe Biden held a star-studded ceremony at the White House on Saturday for the latest batch of Medal of ...

Pope Francis is receiving the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the country's highest civilian honor, the ...

Bono received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden at the White House Saturday at a ceremony that also honored Denzel Washington, Michael J. Fox, Bill Nye the Science Guy ...

President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction during a phone call on Saturday, according to the White House.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian award given by the president, saying the pontiff ...