Donald Trump has announced his first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor. As well as posthumous recognition for Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth, the list includes the wife of a major Republican donor and the longest-serving Republican senator in US history.
Trump will also posthumously recognize the late supreme court justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative forerunner of Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. The Utah senator Orrin Hatch, who is retiring after more than 41 years…
