Here’s what you need to know about this award and the individuals who have recently received it at the start of this new year. Find out more below. What Is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Singer Dolly Parton declined receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times, twice from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and once from U.S. President Joe Biden. Parton revealed that she had ...

That economists Thomas Sowell and the late Walter Williams have not received the Presidential Medal of Freedom borders on ...

President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to Pope ... Rather than the usual award ceremony, in which the president places the award around the neck of the ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson and international soccer star Lionel Messi are among 19 people being honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom ...