In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...

EXCLUSIVE: A new, bipartisan, bicameral bill would boost pensions for Medal of Honor recipients six-fold.

Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor of the all-important swing state.

President Joe Biden is leaving office Monday as the most pro-LGBTQ+ president in history, surpassing even former President ...

President Joe Biden leaves behind a complicated legacy of legislative wins, economic gains and fractured relationships and grievances within his own party.

First lady Jill Biden, after nearly 50 years in public life, reflects on the past seven months — and looks to the future.

President Joe Biden on Saturday awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the highest U.S.

Dr. Richard Alley, a renowned geoscientist and Penn State professor, is one of this year’s recipients of the National Medal ...

President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, recognizing him as a recipient ...

President Joe Biden changed his travel plans to Rome to award Pope Francis the Medal of Freedom due to the California wildfires, but the two still spoke on Saturday.

Biden awarded Pope Francis with a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction during a phone call on Saturday, according to the White House.

Biden, the nation's second Catholic president, spoke with the pontiff to name him a recipient of the award, the White House ...