The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...

United States House of Representatives members Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced ...

Vietnam War medevac helicopter crews will be the latest military group to receive the highest award Congress can bestow.

Billie Jean King held the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis for years, and now she'll be No. 1 again, this time as the first ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with ...

Ga., along with Congressman Donald Norcross D-N.J., and Congressman Austin Scott, R-Ga., have introduced a bipartisan bill that would honor former Georgia governor, former U.S. President, Navy veteran ...

Two Georgia congressmen introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday that would honor Georgia native former U.S. president Jimmy ...

All three women were honored posthumously on Wednesday, with their families attending the ceremony to accept the awards on their ... story itself." The Congressional Gold Medal was also awarded ...

The medal is the highest civilian award awarded by an act of Congress in recognition of distinguished achievements and ...

"So today, for all their contributions to the space program and to society, it is my great honor to award these women with a Congressional Gold Medal," Johnson said. Hosted by the Speaker ...