What is the Medal of Honor? Also referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Medal of Honor is the highest individual award available in the United States Military.

EXCLUSIVE: A new, bipartisan, bicameral bill would boost pensions for Medal of Honor recipients six-fold. The legislation, reintroduced by Texas Republicans Rep. Troy Nehls and Sen. Ted Cruz and New ...

A resolution recognizing March 25, 2025, as “National Medal of Honor Day” in Pennsylvania, sponsored by  State Rep. Dane ...

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

George Caldwell is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to George. Medal of Honor recipient David Bellavia stood up for Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in an exclusive ...

President Joe Biden on Friday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to five minority soldiers from the Korean War who may have been denied the nation's highest decoration for valor by a 1950s ...

But he never received the Medal of Honor. Civil rights groups and friends of the late veteran — who died in 1992, two months shy of his 96th birthday — say he deserved the nation’s highest ...

President Herzog awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor to a group of Jewish and non-Jewish Diaspora leaders in recognition of their long-term defense of Israel, battle against antisemitism ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Pope Francis on Saturday. The medal was scheduled to be presented to the ...

A Jan. 4 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows an apparent screenshot answering a question about the country’s highest civilian honor. “Can a president rescind the medal of freedom ...

The U.S. Naval Academy and West Point rejected an advertisement intended for the Army-Navy game last month that featured a Marine whom supporters believe should receive the Medal of Honor ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor ...