A U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class in the Colorado Army National Guard was set to be given the Soldier’s Medal for heroism on ...

A trailblazing athlete who became the first African American to win a world championship in the sport of cycling more than ...

America's three-time Tour de France winner will receive the Congressional Gold Medal, an honor on par with the Presidential ...

The Texas congressman says awarding combat ribbons for the strike on nuclear sites is the right thing to do. It's also in San ...

California will not ban transgender athletes from competing in K-12 school sports or change its anti-discrimination policies to exclude them, becoming the second state after Maine to defy the Trump ...

The Fourth of July is a holiday that celebrates the birth of our country. It also allows us to reflect on those who epitomize ...

To many in the conservative, veteran-heavy Vernon Parish, the move is a welcome reversal, returning the fort to the name they ...

The U.S. Navy replenishment oiler previously named for gay rights leader and Navy veteran Harvey Milk has a new moniker: the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

If deserving veterans were truly denied valor awards as a result of classified records, then there should be a higher burden ...

The ceremony, however, was unusual in one respect: Hardly any of the honorees took the stage to accept their awards. Instead, ...

To allow McCloughan to be awarded the medal, members of Congress, including former U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Ted Cruz of Texas, worked together to pass the statutory changes.

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) previewed the need to pass his recently introduced Medal of Sacrifice Act in Congress, which he called an “acknowledgement” of the sacrifices police officers and other ...