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 ...

Vin Scully, the Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster who retired in October after 67 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama. In addition ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Presidential Medal of Freedom that former President Barack Obama bestowed on baseball legend Willie Mays is one of many personal effects of the Alabama native that will ...

President Donald Trump gave a self-congratulating speech on Tuesday as he posthumously awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award ceremony took place in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded America's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Tuesday to an eclectic group ranging from a Republican predecessor to ...