US President Donald Trump on Friday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to seven individuals, including Jewish philanthropist Miriam Adelson, the wife of billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
The Adelsons own the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom and are also major backers of the Republican party.
They also established the Adelson Medical Research Foundation and two other research centers specializing in addiction treatment.
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