The Presidential Medal of Freedom is typically awarded annually, though it is not given on a fixed schedule. It is usually presented during ceremonies held by the sitting president, often in the ...

Former President Donald Trump rankled many U.S. service members and veterans at a recent campaign event where he compared the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Medal of Honor.

Presidential Medal of Freedom to be awarded to Biles, McCain, Giffords, Jobs. President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles ...

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 ...

South Korean far-right activist Jeon Han-gil does not appear on the official list of recipients of the US Presidential Medal ...

Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Kyiv on Saturday morning for an unannounced visit. He was awarded the Order of ...

Thursday will mark 160 years since Union forces landed in Galveston with news that enslaved Texans had been emancipated more ...

The Pentagon said it's done with "political" ship naming. The move follows a number of name changes at US Army bases.

Richard Garwin, who has died aged 97, was an American nuclear scientist who designed the world’s first hydrogen bomb and went ...

In 1939 on the 19th of June, just days after she and her family had moved into a predominantly white neighbourhood in Fort Worth, Texas, their house was destroyed by a white mob. Opal was just 12. The ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 4: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on January 4 ...