The text of the meme read: "Sorry it took so long to get you a copy of my birth certificate. I was too busy killing Osama bin ...

President Obama honored 21 "extraordinary Americans" including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Robert DeNiro and Ellen DeGeneres with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday at the White House. Photo: Getty ...

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, tennis legend Billie Jean King and Archbishop ...

An curved arrow pointing right. President Obama moved Ellen DeGeneres to tears with an impassioned speech, before presenting her with the Medal of Freedom. Obama praised Ellen's courage for coming ...

In a special sendoff, President Barack Obama surprised his vice president, Joe Biden, by awarding him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the U.S. Photo: AP ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- President Obama on Wednesday signed a measure awarding the 300 surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots from World War II the Congressional Gold Medal. The bill passed by both ...