The Congressional Medal of Honor is the country’s "most prestigious military decoration" and is awarded to recognize American ...

Ordered at gunpoint to separate Jewish soldiers from other POWs, Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds told a German commander: "We ...

Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, will receive the Julio Kilenyi Medal of Honor from the Bruckner Society of America. The award will be presented during a ...

Ordered at gunpoint to separate Jewish soldiers from other POWs, Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds called a full formation of Americans and told a German commander: "We are all Jews." ...

Donald Trump has suggested changing the law so he can give himself the Congressional Medal of Honor, bragging about his bravery in the same breath he mused about soldiers who lost their limbs in war.

This marks the second instance of the president unilaterally declaring that he deserves a prestigious award ...

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday morning aged 84, according to a statement released by his family.

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Former president Barack Obama said Jackson "laid the foundation for my own campaign to the highest office of the land" ...

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• The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died at age 84. His son, Jesse Jackson Jr., told CNN that ...