Two pieces of numismatic legislation were introduced separately Jan. 15 in the House, one seeking a commemorative coin ...

The 1904 Olympics were the first to take place in the United States, and they established the tradition of awarding gold, ...

His father, the late George Wanyoike Kamau, was a prisons officer who had encouraged him to take up boxing in 1970.

Speedskater Gilmore Junio vacated his spot in the 1,000 metres so his teammate Denny Morrison could race it in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Morrison won a silver medal and, over a decade ...

Donald Trump after his inaugural address as the 47th President of the United States raised a clenched fist yet again. It is a gesture Trump has deployed on many occasions – most memorably in the ...

The mega-rich have long had a prominent role in national politics, and several billionaires helped bankroll the campaign of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It is unclear who will take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step ...

Days later, IOC president Thomas ... Gary Hall Jr., has lost his medals in the fire. The IOC will provide him with replicas." Hall, 50, has five gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze ...

President Joe Biden awarded his final list of recipients for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including Denzel Washington and ... Film Institute founder George M. Stevens, entrepreneur Tim ...

Fox and Denzel Washington ... Lionel Messi and investor and philanthropist George Soros. The White House said in a statement, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian ...

Other awardees were Hillary Clinton, footballer Lionel Messi, U2 frontman Bono and actor Denzel Washington ... “Giving George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom is another slap in the ...

Among recipients are Jewish billionaire and philanthropist George ... presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, US January ...