WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has chosen the wife of powerful Republican donor Sheldon Adelson to receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Adelsons gave Trump's campaign a $30 million boost in 2016.
Miriam Adelson is among seven people Trump is recognizing on Friday with the medal, the highest honor America can give a civilian. It's the first time Trump is presenting these medals.
The other recipients are retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah; Alan Page, who was elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court after an NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears; and Roger Staubach, the Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys quarterback.
Posthumous honors are being granted to Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth and Antonin Scalia, the conservative Supreme Court justice.
