President Barack Obama awarded Michael Jordan the Presidential Medal of Freedom during his time in the White House.

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 ...

Oviedo, Florida (CNN)-- President Barack Obama on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor -- the nation's highest military decoration -- to Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, a Green Beret who died after ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Awarding Shimon Peres the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Obama said the Israeli president embodied Israel’s need to simultaneously defend itself and to seek peace.

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 ...