Melinda French Gates is a tech-savvy business woman, devoted mother and billionaire with a pledge to and passion for giving.

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

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WASHINGTON, DC – On January 4, President Joe Biden presented the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 extraordinary ... President Biden praised the recipients as “extraordinary ...

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Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died.

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U2 singer Bono is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 4. Tom Brenner/Getty Share I write to comment on the continuing ...

Outgoing US President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction ... the death sentences to life imprisonment for 37 inmates, men and women. A White House ...

However, Birkenfeld never received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His name is not on a list of recipients compiled by the Congressional Research Service. The response to the question in the ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to George Romney ... Christ of Latter-day Saints and also a presidential candidate in 1968. In his remarks, Biden explained why he chose this year’s ...