National groups flooding local prosecutor races with money
June 10, 2022 GMTPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A local district attorney's race in Maine wasn't generating much attention until a political action committee linked to a deep-pocketed liberal donor with international name recognition suddenly took an interest.
Davos updates | Soros: New tech, AI help repressive regimes
May 24, 2022 GMTDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaire investor turned philanthropist George Soros has blamed new technology for helping repressive regimes like Russia and China exert greater control.
Speaking Tuesday at a dinner for journalists on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, Soros said China and Russia were the greatest threats to open democratic societies today, thanks to the “rapid development of digital technology, especially artificial intelligence.”
Facebook resorts to old smear tactics against TikTok
March 30, 2022 GMTEleven years ago, Facebook was caught red-handed after it hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticizing Google’s privacy practices in leading news outlets.
A new fund directs its support to Ukraine’s long-term needs
March 23, 2022 GMTThe humanitarian needs of more than 10 million displaced Ukrainians have quickly become staggering. Yet Mark Malloch-Brown, president of the Open Society Foundations, warns that longer-term problems resulting from Russia's invasion will grow ever larger if they aren't sufficiently addressed now.
Nevada county where Trump won to replace voting machines
December 16, 2021 GMTCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Local officials in rural Nevada decided on Thursday to replace equipment manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems — a sign that unsubstantiated concerns about election machine tampering are still prevalent more than a year after the 2020 election.
Top EU court hits Hungary over ‘Stop Soros’ migrant law
November 16, 2021 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that Hungary broke EU law by making it a criminal offense for people or organizations to help migrants and refugees apply for asylum, in a new legal blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing government.
EU says anti-Semitism has no place in bloc after Jansa tweet
October 15, 2021 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union reiterated Friday that anti-Semitism “has no place" in the 27-nation bloc after Slovenian Prime minister Janez Jansa posted a message on social media that was criticized by some European lawmakers as anti-Semitic.
ProPublica: Many of the uber-rich pay next to no income tax
June 8, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The rich really are different from you and me: They’re better at dodging the tax collector.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011. Tesla founder Elon Musk’s income tax bill was zero in 2018.
Hungary walks back controversial laws after EU court rulings
April 23, 2021 GMTBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's government is walking back two controversial pieces of legislation that targeted foreign universities and civil society groups after they were struck down by the European Union's top court...
George Soros to give $500M to Bard College in New York
April 1, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has committed $500 million to a private liberal arts college in New York, which the school called a “transformational” gift that would be among the largest ever given to higher education in the United States...
Judge: US must provide limited info on Khashoggi death tape
December 9, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government must provide limited information about its withholding from the public a tape of the killing of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi and a CIA report on his death in a Freedom of Information Act case, a judge said Tuesday...
Hungarian official retracts comparing George Soros to Hitler
November 29, 2020 GMTBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — After facing strong condemnation, a Hungarian commissioner on Sunday begrudgingly retracted an article comparing American-Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist George Soros, a staunch critic of Hungary’s government, to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis...
How QAnon uses satanic rhetoric to set up a narrative of ‘good vs. evil’
October 20, 2020 GMT(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts...
ADL report: Jewish lawmakers face anti-Semitic tropes online
October 6, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Misinformation about billionaire liberal philanthropist George Soros remains common among anti-Semitic tweets directed at Jewish members of Congress, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League...
EU court rules against Hungary’s Orban over Soros university
October 6, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's highest court ruled Tuesday that changes by Hungary to its law on higher education which effectively forced a university founded by George Soros to leave the country weren't in line with EU law...
Progressive donor group announces $59M vote-by-mail campaign
June 18, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A network of deep-pocketed progressive donors is launching a $59 million effort to encourage people of color to vote by mail in November, a step many Democrats view as crucial to turning out the party's base during AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three promoted a Facebook post suggesting George Floyd's death was staged. Another shared a Martin Luther King Jr...Texas GOP condemns George Floyd posts by its local leaders
June 6, 2020 GMT
Amid pandemic, charities and nonprofits face huge challenges
April 22, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — While celebrities and billionaires have announced huge gifts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, many charities and nonprofits are still struggling...
Hungary’s Orban warns about climate crisis, slow EU growth
February 16, 2020 GMTBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister on Sunday declared the past decade as the most successful of Hungary’s past century, but also said the country was threatened by the climate crisis, continuing population decline and “sinister menaces gathering over the European economy...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
February 7, 2020 GMTA roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
The Latest: Soros unveils $1B university plan, blasts Trump
January 23, 2020 GMTDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local):
10:15 p.m.
George Soros says he’s injecting $1 billion into a new university network that the 89-year-old billionaire investor calls the “most important and most enduring project of my life...
Soros attacks in impeachment saga spark anti-Semitism debate
December 11, 2019 GMTNear the end of a marathon impeachment hearing in the House of Representatives last month, former White House national security aide Fiona Hill tied conservative jabs at George Soros to “the longest-running anti-Semitic trope that we have in history...
Armed border group’s leader said to have assassination plans
April 22, 2019 GMTLAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The leader of an armed group that has been detaining asylum-seeking families from Central America near the Mexican border said two years ago that he was training supporters to assassinate Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and billionaire Democratic supporter George Soros, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday...
The Latest: Man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes
March 21, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a Florida man charged with mailing explosives to critics of President Donald Trump (all times local):...
File shows plea set for Florida man in pipe bomb mail case
March 15, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man charged with sending pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump is expected to plead guilty next week...
Hungary’s leader calls EU parliament critics ‘useful idiots’
March 3, 2019 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Hungary's populist prime minister described members of a European Union political group who want his party expelled as "useful idiots," saying in an interview published Sunday they are playing into the hands of left-wing opponents...
Lyndon LaRouche’s conspiracy mindset lives on
February 15, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Fitting for a man who saw so much darkness in the world, Lyndon LaRouche died on the fringes this week, his name little known to anyone under 50, his death rumored online a day before mainstream outlets confirmed it...
Outgoing Facebook exec takes fall for hiring opposition firm
November 22, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's outgoing head of communications is taking the blame for hiring Definers, the public relations firm doing opposition research on the company's critics, including billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
President should stop incendiary rhetoric
October 29, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON — What hath Trump wrought?
Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., last year pleaded guilty to assaulting a journalist. President Trump last week celebrated the assault.
"Any guy that can do a body slam, he's my kind of — he's my guy," Trump said to cheers.
Americans crave unity amid violence, anger
October 29, 2018 GMTLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — She flipped through television channels and radio stations, scanning from conservative to liberal media, searching for any sign that the polarized nation had finally reached its tipping point...
Enough is enough: Fed-up Americans crave unity amid violence
October 28, 2018 GMTLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — She flipped through television channels and radio stations, scanning from conservative to liberal media, searching for any sign that the polarized nation had finally reached its tipping point...
LETTER: ‘Lowest common denominator’
October 28, 2018 GMTWhere are we and where are we going? Last week pipe bombs were sent to George Soros, the Clintons, the Obamas, CNN, and top U.S. Democrats. In 1919 we had a similar event where bombs under a different political philosophy were sent to J.P.
Democrats, media blame Donald Trump for pipe bombs
October 24, 2018 GMTThe list of people targeted with suspected pipe bombs reads like President Trump's Twitter feed: Hillary and Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, John Brennan, Maxine Waters, George Soros, CNN, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Eric Holder and George Soros, all prominent Democratic critics of the president.
US Official: Explosive Device Found At Clintons’ NY Home
October 24, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON — A U.S. official says a "functional explosive device" was found at Hillary and Bill Clinton's suburban New York home.
The official says investigators believe the explosive is linked to one found Monday at the compound of liberal billionaire George Soros.
Bomb found at philanthropist George Soros’ suburban home
October 23, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A bomb was found in a mailbox at the suburban New York home of George Soros, the liberal billionaire philanthropist who has been denounced by President Donald Trump and vilified by right-wing conspiracy theorists, authorities said Tuesday...
Netanyahu greets Hungary’s Orban as ‘true friend of Israel’
July 19, 2018 GMTJERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, calling him a "true friend of Israel" despite the outcry over the visiting leader's past remarks that have been interpreted as anti-Semitic...
Hungary: Soros-founded school plans to stay in Budapest
June 26, 2018 GMTBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Budapest-based Central European University, founded by billionaire George Soros and targeted by Hungary's populist prime minister, said Tuesday that the school will begin recruiting students for the 2019-2020 academic year...
Hungarian populist Orban wins new term, party super majority
April 9, 2018 GMTBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his "decisive" re-election victory and the super majority in parliament his right-wing populist party appeared to have won Sunday were "an opportunity to defend Hungary."
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
March 9, 2018 GMTA roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
Soros contributions to LaHood DA challenger nears $1 million
February 27, 2018 GMTLiberal billionaire George Soros earlier this month poured nearly $900,000 into the campaign of Joe Gonzales, a Democrat running to unseat Bexar County District Attorney Nicholas “Nico” LaHood, according to reports filed Monday.
George Soros funds movements to disrupt communities
February 19, 2018 GMTHow is it that highly organized protests against President Trump keep popping up across the country?
Follow the money.
Why is it that the traditional definition of marriage was suddenly discarded after years of citizens voting for it to be preserved?
The Latest: Hungary to submit anti-migration bill
February 13, 2018 GMTBERLIN (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):
6:45 p.m.
The Hungarian government says it is submitting an anti-migration bill to parliament dubbed "Stop Soros," targeting civic groups which organize, support or finance migration...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
February 9, 2018 GMTA roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
January 26, 2018 GMTA roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
August 18, 2017 GMTA roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
May 26, 2017 GMTA roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
Hungary sees no reason to change law affecting Soros school
May 25, 2017 GMTBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's government said Thursday it sees no reason to alter the recently amended education law which could force a university founded by billionaire George Soros to leave the country...
Billionaire George Soros now a player in Philly DA race
April 25, 2017 GMTBy Staff
The Democratic primary election for district attorney in Philadelphia, already crowded with seven candidates, added another significant player Tuesday.