President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the nation, on Wednesday, according to a White House press release. Suggested Reading ...

WASHINGTON -- Saying they had touched him in a powerful and personal way, President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor to 21 groundbreaking actors, musicians, athletes and others ...

President Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the White House on Tuesday, just over a month after he was shot and killed during an event in Orem, ...

President Harry S. Truman established the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1945 to recognize civilians for their efforts during World War II. President John F. Kennedy reinstated the medal in 1963 to ...

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will award Ben Carson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the third such award he’s announced this month.

President Donald Trump awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Oct. 14, which would have marked Kirk’s 32nd birthday. This medal is considered the nation’s ...

Charlie Kirk posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Tuesday on what would have been the right-wing activist’s 32nd birthday. The Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot while ...

Photos of President Donald Trump posthumously awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to late conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a ceremony at the White House. Erika Kirk speaks after ...

President Trump presented the award to Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday. Trump awards the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Charlie Kirk President Trump posthumously ...