The president bestowed the nation’s highest military decoration honoring extraordinary valor.
Audience members were moved by the story of how Shen Yun performers remain dedicated to their art in the face of adversity.
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama speak at event attended by former presidents, elected officials, and celebrities.
Crude oil dropped below $75 per barrel on June 18, helping ease fears of rising inflation.

The transfer was carried out due to concerns over hurricanes in the state.
California sued Shasta County to block a ballot measure that seeks to limit voting by mail and require voter photo IDs.
The bipartisan legislation has been endorsed by several athletic conferences, but not the SEC and Big Ten.

The vice president said more than a dozen ships have reached Iranian ports as vessel movements accelerate under a war-ending memorandum of understanding.
The rates are still higher than some other countries, though.
Kevin Warsh ‘is going to force market participants to reprice both rates and how they read the Fed entirely,’ one market strategist said.
The draft initiates a 60-day process of negotiations aimed at brokering a final deal to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and eventually rebuild Iran.
Rex Heuermann confessed to killing eight women in a series of murders that started in the 1990s.
The 2018 name change was intended to reflect the growing importance of India and the Indian Ocean for U.S. military strategy.
Jay Clayton had been set to answer questions from senators.
The U.S. president warned that Tehran will ’suffer unbelievable consequences’ if it violates the agreement.
The vice president said that the United States will also help Tehran ‘destroy’ a stockpile of enriched uranium.
Trump said the United States could reinstate sanctions on Russian oil following the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.