President Donald Trump awarded Edwin Meese III with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his leadership within the conservative movement. In his acceptance speech, Meese showed his support for the current Attorney General William Barr saying, “I understand what you’re going through now.”

A Florida middle school teacher has been reassigned after a quiz given to students referred to President Donald Trump as an “idiot.”

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is seeking to raise $1 million in 24 hours to make an impact on the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Monday. The Chicago-based sorority is celebrating its second AKA Impact Day on Sept. 16 by raising the money for the AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund. The fundraising drive comes as some HBCUs are reportedly facing...

The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is interested in getting a job in the music industry, possibly in California.

Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana returned Friday to the Mexican beach where her father entered the U.S. illegally before she was born, this time to put final touches on a mural of adults who came to the U.S. illegally as young children and were deported. Visitors who hold up their phones to the painted faces are taken to a website...

The disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews shortly after singing “Jingle Bells” with classmates at a 1984 Christmas concert stunned this rural town in northern Colorado. Her case attracted the attention of the White House, and came at a time when the faces of missing children across the nation were being placed on milk cartons. On Thursday, police announced that human...

A college student pleaded guilty Tuesday to sneaking into Mar-a-Lago during President Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving visit in a manner similar to how a Chinese national gained admission four months later. University of Wisconsin student Mark Lindblom apologized Tuesday and received a year’s probation after federal prosecutors agreed he meant no harm when he sneaked into the Palm Beach...

A new exhibition in Washington, D.C. created by the Tiffany & Co. Archives features jewelry worn by presidents and their wives.

To celebrate the opening of the first Tiffany & Co. store in Washington, D.C., the company has pulled out a collection of gems, jewels and gifts owned by former presidents and first ladies. News4’s Pat Lawson Muse took an inside look at the jewelry.

The daughter of a librarian and our resident bookworm, Jenna’s a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the best new reads. Now, she wants to share her passion with TODAY fans.

The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan told mental health professionals last year that he’s “happy as a clam” living with his mother and older brother in Virginia.

The U.S. military said Tuesday that five missing crew members have been declared dead after their refueling plane collided with a fighter jet last week off Japan’s southern coast, and that search and recovery operations have been halted. The five were on a KC-130 Hercules refueling aircraft that collided last Thursday with an F/A-18 Hornet during regular training. The warplanes...

The U.S. Marine Corps said in a statement released Friday that Capt. Jahmar F. Resilard of Miramar died in the Thursday crash.

News4’s Barbara Harrison met George H.W. Bush well before he was elected President and tells of her time getting to know the Bushes over the years.

A man who passengers said made anti-Semitic statements aboard a Delta Air Lines flight was arrested.

A D.C. man who passengers said made anti-Semitic statements aboard a flight to Atlanta was arrested Wednesday.

A U.S. combat jet from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan crashed into the sea northeast of the Philippines on Monday, but its two pilots were rescued safely. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said the F/A-18 Hornet had a mechanical problem during routine operations in the Philippine Sea. A rescue aircraft quickly plucked the pilots from the water and brought...

An U.S. Navy helicopter crashed on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan on Friday, causing non-fatal injuries to sailors, the Navy said. The Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement that the MH-60 Seahawk crashed shortly after takeoff Friday morning while the carrier was off the Philippine coast. All affected sailors were in stable condition and...

President Donald Trump’s approval rating ticked up to 45 percent among registered voters, but majorities of them disapprove of his handling of Russia and immigration at the border, according to the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The president’s approval rating remains stable — it was at 44 percent in June — something that stands out given the controversies since...