Trump, First Lady Host Annual White House Bipartisan Congressional Picnic 

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed hundreds of congressmembers and their families to the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. The bipartisan annual tradition began in its current form in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson expanded the Democratic Party gatherings that had originated with President Harry Truman in 1945. Trump celebrated the lawmakers in attendance and emphasized the role they play in protecting the nation. “It will be something very special to remember that all of us here tonight continue a priceless tradition,” he said while addressing the crowd from the Truman Balcony. “We represent the oldest and most extraordinary constitutional republic on the face of the earth, and a special privilege and the unique responsibility it is.”...