Bridges' journey of advocacy began at the mere age of 6, when she attended a previously white-only elementary school in ...

Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the first Black student to integrate an all-white New Orleans’ public ...

Fran Visco's three decades of leading the National Breast Cancer Coalition has earned her the Presidential Citizens Medal.

Victor Ashe also weighs in on KCS Superintendent Jon Rysewyk's annual review and special education challenges, as well as Tim ...

President Joe Biden has awarded former U.S. Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum the Presidential Citizens Medal.

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley/Matt Rourke) President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House, Thursday ...

Biden awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people in a ceremony in the East Room, including Americans who fought for marriage equality, a pioneer in treating wounded soldiers, and two of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Feb. 15, 1951, Army Pvt. Bruno R. Orig was returning from a mission when he found his fellow soldiers under attack in what's now known as the Battle of Chipyong-ni.

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. President Joe Biden will give his ...