Singer Dolly Parton declined receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times, twice from U.S. President-elect Donald ...

President Biden, a Catholic, awarded the medal with distinction to the pontiff, to whom he has turned for personal guidance.

Bradley Birkenfeld, a former banker for the Swiss bank UBS, never got the Medal of Freedom, and there’s no evidence he was ...

Humanitarian and chef José Andrés spoke out Tuesday after President Donald Trump claimed he had "fired" Andrés from the ...

Functionally, there is no difference between the US's Medal of Freedom and the Order of Lenin awards handed out by the old ...

President Joe Biden presented a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction on Saturday to the leader of his own church, ...

Biden, the nation's second Catholic president, spoke with the pontiff to name him a recipient of the award, the White House ...

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 ...

For just the third time since 1994, someone has earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. The last person to ...

The White House said President Biden bestowed the award to Pope Francis during a phone call in which they also discussed ...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with ...