Trump to Award Medal of Freedom to Elvis, Miriam Adelson, Babe Ruth



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President Miriam Adelson, wife of GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the White House announced Saturday. Elvis Presley, baseball legend Babe Ruth, late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, NFL quarterback Roger Staubach, and Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page. The medal, the country's highest civilian honor, acknowledges those who "made particular meritorious contributions to the national security interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." The House of Representatives said, "The White House said. Adelson, a doctor and philanthropist, along with her husband, contributed more than $ 21 million to Trump's 2016 campaign, and to the Republican causes in the recent midterm elections.

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