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The president called Elvis the “True King” of Rock and Roll and paused his speech while Presley’s version of “How Great Thou Art” played on the sound system. Trump also awarded medals to Miriam Adelson, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, Justice Alan Page, and Quarterback Roger Staubach, as well as s baseball player George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. and Justice Antonin Scalia. Hatch is retiring from the Senate after serving for more than 41 years in his position. “He liked me right from the beginning and therefore I like him,” Trump said about Hatch.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday he had ‘‘very easily’’ answered written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller, though he speculated that the questions had been ‘‘tricked up’’ to try to catch him in a lie.

When state lawmakers rammed a bill into law last year giving them and other elected officials hefty pay hikes, Governor Charlie Baker was unequivocal in his disapproval.   The ruling granted John Hinckley Jr.

When state lawmakers rammed a bill into law last year giving them and other elected officials hefty pay hikes, Governor Charlie Baker was unequivocal in his disapproval.   The ruling granted John Hinckley Jr.

When state lawmakers rammed a bill into law last year giving them and other elected officials hefty pay hikes, Governor Charlie Baker was unequivocal in his disapproval.   The ruling granted John Hinckley Jr.

When state lawmakers rammed a bill into law last year giving them and other elected officials hefty pay hikes, Governor Charlie Baker was unequivocal in his disapproval.   The ruling granted John Hinckley Jr.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thursday afternoon that Republicans should avoid a partial government shutdown over the president’s desire for a border wall.  Shelby and Senate Majority Leader Thursday afternoon after meeting with Trump.  Newly-elected Senate Republican Whip MORE (S.D.) also attended the meeting.  “I said we shouldn’t ever want to shut down the government,” Shelby told reporters when asked about discussion about a possible shutdown. “I think maybe he agreed, I don’t know,” he said of Trump’s response.  “We had a nice

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House Minority Leader MORE's allies say they are ready to go to war with the small-but-vocal group of young Democratic insurgents who want to topple the Speaker-in-waiting. Pelosi's foes are threatening to deny her the 218 votes needed on the House floor to be Speaker, forcing multiple rounds of voting until Democrats elect a new leader. But some Pelosi loyalists — frustrated by the “Never Nancys” dominating headlines on Capitol Hill — are now vowing to use the same guerilla tactics to block the ascension of any other candidate not named Nancy Pelosi. “Two can play th

The Florida Senate race between Sen. MORE (D-Fla.) and Gov. Rick Scott (R) is heading to a hand recount after the latest round of machine tallies showed the two candidates still neck and neck. Nelson and Scott were separated by a margin of about 0.15 percentage points, according to results of a machine recount released Thursday – a narrow enough margin to trigger a hand recount under state law. The hand recount must be completed by Sunday, in time for a Nov.