President Joe Biden held a star-studded ceremony at the White House for the latest batch of Medal of Freedom recipients. January 6, 2025 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Former President Carter lies in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta ...
Ochoa is the tenth astronaut, and second female astronaut, to receive the Medal of Freedom. She was presented the award at the White House along with 18 other honorees, includingJane Rigby, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center wh...
WASHINGTON D.C. (CBS SF/AP) — Who says Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees have to bring an ID to get into the White House? Apparently, the Secret Service does, as comedian Ellen DeGeneres experienced a delay in getting into a ceremony in which she and 20 othe...
Folks, it's my honor to present the nineteen extraordinary Americans who will join me at the White House this afternoon to receive our nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.pic.twitter.com/hkzP3ng5BU— President Biden (@POTUS)May 3, 202...
Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, two of the best basketball players ever, are also among the honorees. Other honorees include philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates, comedian Ellen DeGeneres and broadcaster Vin Scully. Obama says the people receiving the medal helped push America ...
Elizabeth Dole to be honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom CLIP05/03/24 Details The Dole Foundation announced that Sen. Elizabeth Dole will be honored Friday with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her lifetime of public service. She is one of 19 other honorees, including Al Gore,...
President Donald Trump is set to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — to the wife of one of the Republican Party’s most prominent patrons, the White House announced Saturday. Miriam Adelson will receive the medal along with six other “distinguished...
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the foremost U.S. civilian decoration, awarded to those who have made ‘an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or
Notable Honorees Steven Spielberg•Bill Clinton•Bob Dylan•Bruce Springsteen•Hillary Clinton•John McCain•Steve Jobs•Muhammad Ali•Angela Merkel•Francis•Sidney Poitier•Betty Ford•John Wayne•Tiger Woods•Bill Russell•Robert De Niro•Rosalynn Carter•Bob Hope•Irving Kri...
In 2023, he marked the two-year anniversary of the attack by awarding the medal to 12 people. Other honorees: The individuals include law enforcement officers who were injured defending the Capitol, a Capitol Police officer who died the day after rioters stormed the building and election ...