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George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, looks before the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria, Friday, June 21, 2019. The major philanthropy, Open Society Foundations, has committed $50 million to increase civic engagement among women and youth over the next three years as part of its strategy to support democracy in the U.S. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Open Society Foundations commit $50M to women and youth groups’ work on democracy

By Thalia Beaty - Associated Press

Hungarian-American investor and CEU founder George Soros attends a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop, File)

George Soros’ Open Society Foundations to significantly curtail work in Europe, lay off staff

By Thalia Beaty - Associated Press

George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, attends the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna on June 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) ** FILE **

Billionaire investor George Soros cedes control of empire to ‘more political’ younger son: Report

Associated Press

Lenny Kravitz performs at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Music superstars Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish and H.E.R. will team with advocacy nonprofit Global Citizen for a concert in front of the Eiffel Tower designed to convince world leaders to take further action against climate change. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish set for Global Citizen’s ‘Power Our Planet’ show for climate financing

By Glenn Gamboa - Associated Press

Democrats playing into the GOP's Hand Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Democratic radicalization is playing directly into the GOP’s hands

By Julio Rivera

George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, looks before the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File) Photo edited for Best of 2020 list.

George Soros, Open Society in hot water in Myanmar

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this May 29, 2018, file photo George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations listens to the conference after his speech entitled &quot;How to save the European Union&quot; as he attends the European Council On Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

George Soros group asks Fox News to ban Joe diGenova for claiming billionaire controls State Dept.

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, file photo, Former NFL football player Anquan Boldin, left, Philadelphia Eagles Malcolm Jenkins, center, and San Francisco 49ers Eric Reid, right, speak to the media outside the league's headquarters after meetings in New York. San Francisco 49ers linebacker Eric Reid says he left The Players Coalition because founder Malcolm Jenkins excluded Colin Kaepernick from meetings, and asked players if they would stop protesting the anthem if the NFL made a charitable donation to causes they support. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Anti-ICE, anti-cop group wins NFL-funded grant

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Soros-founded group ends operations in Turkey

Associated Press

FILE -- In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo activists of the Egyutt (Together) party tear down an ad by the Hungarian government against George Soros, in Budapest, Hungary. The Open Society Foundations, created by billionaire philanthropist George Soros, says it has filed applications before the European Court of Human Rights and Hungary's Constitutional Court about recent laws in Hungary targeting civic groups working with refugees and asylum-seekers. (AP Photo/Pablo Gorondi, file)

George Soros foundation sues Hungary on laws targeting NGOs

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

14. George Soros - Founder, Soros Fund Management LLC. Ranked number 29 in the world with a net worth of $25.2 billion. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

George Soros to ‘redouble’ efforts in Donald Trump era: ‘I’m proud of my enemies’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This Feb. 21, 2018 file photo shows students at the entrance to the office of Florida Gov. Rick Scott with boxes of petitions for gun control reform, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Student survivors of the mass shooting in Florida who’ve organized to increase gun control and make schools safer aren’t being bankrolled by billionaire liberal philanthropist George Soros, despite the claims of several false stories. Soros is not providing any funding to the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland although he does support their efforts, said his spokeswoman, Laura Silber.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Soros not funding students’ gun control fight

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Group supports free expression

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundation, waits for the start of a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

George Soros transfers $18B to Open Society Foundations for ‘long term’ support

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Demonstrators wearing papier-mch heads representing President Donald Trump and the planet Earth, walk along Pennsylvania Ave., in front of the White House in Washington, during a demonstration and march, Saturday, April 29, 2017. Thousands of people gather across the country to march in protest of President Donald Trump's environmental policies, which have included rolling back restrictions on mining, oil drilling and greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Climate March donated to by liberal billionaire George Soros

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundation, waits for the start of a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

George Soros gave $36M to groups behind People’s Climate March

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, speaks during a forum "Charting A New Growth Path for the Euro Zone" at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Irish abortion group returns Soros money - but big questions linger

By Kevin Jones - Catholic News Agency

Demonstrators march up 5th Avenue during a women's march, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in New York. The march is being held in solidarity with similar events taking place in Washington and around the nation. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

George Soros gave $246 million to partners of Women’s March

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times