With a recipient list stocked with old-guard icons and political backers, the president signaled support for the establishment his successor wants to tear down.

Washington — President Biden is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Hillary Clinton and 18 others "who have made America a better place," the White House announced Saturday.

In the East Room of the White House on a particularly chilly Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 18 of the most famous names in politics,