María Corina Machado was awarded the prize for 'her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela'

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Trump the medal at a White House meeting on Thursday (15 January)

The State Department announced the news in a social media post yesterday (14 January)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced earlier this week that citizens of 75 countries would no longer be permitted to enter the States

Homeland Security representatives issued an explanation for the widespread ban

Professor Patrick Jackson revealed his 2026 predictions

Iran previously closed its airspace to commercial flights this week

Fans have gone wild over the exciting announcement - here's everything you need to know

It's the first major outage of the year

A White House official has responded to Mark Ruffalo's Golden Globes speech, which saw him slam Donald Trump and ICE

California's wealthiest residents are said to be packing their bags and leaving after a controversial new tax proposal

The launch of Mattel's first autistic Barbie doll has been welcomed by campaigners as a step towards more 'authentic, joyful' representation

Protests broke out against clerical rulers who've run Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but were met with severe punishment

Donald Trump previously admitted he wouldn't rule out using force to take control of the area

Dr Oscar Duke appeared on BBC's Morning Live to discuss the notion of a future pandemic

The Oscar-winning actor's decision at the Golden Globes was widely seen as a dig at Trump

The Tesla CEO shares 14 children with four different women

The US president's estranged niece has slammed her uncle as a 'disgraceful' and 'despicable' parent

Princess Leonor has already commenced training for the royal role

Polls have shown that the majority of Greenlanders oppose a US takeover of the self-governing Danish territory

The plane landed in Washington DC on Tuesday evening (6 January)

White House officials claimed earlier this week that Trump is 'actively' discussing a potential offer to buy the Danish territory

Since the capture of Nicolás Maduro, global anxieties have been sparked about what the US will do next

Nicolas Maduro says he's a prisoner of war after being captured by Trump