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 ...

Four pioneering Black women received Congressional Gold Medals for their contributions to early efforts at space exploration ...

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

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

The Black NASA female mathematicians and aeronautical engineers referred to as the "Hidden Figures" were awarded the ...

The honor is meant to recognize her “lifetime of work fighting for Title IX, and women’s and LGBTQ+ equality on and off the ...

A bipartisan trio of lawmakers, including two from Georgia, have introduced legislation to award former President Jimmy Carter the Congressional Gold Medal. U.S. Reps. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, and ...

Three congressmen introduced a bill that would honor former Georgia Governor and former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, with ...

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

Three years after the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan, 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul in 2021 ...

The museum was designated as the steward for the medal by public law. The medal depicts five service members in silhouette standing over a crowd of people waiting to board a C-17 aircraft with the ...