Soros has been a frequent target of Republican criticism for financial support of progressive causes and Democratic candidates.

Notably, Gabbard questioned the US intelligence community’s assessments that Assad was behind a deadly chlorine gas attack the same year she met with the Syrian strongman, to which Trump said at the time: “There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons.”

Kennedy—the father of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who President-elect Trump has nominated to be his secretary of Health and Human Services—was posthumously awarded the medal. Philanthropist and Democratic donor George Soros also was among the recipients ...

Controversial Open Society Foundations founder George Soros and 18 others are recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Joe Biden announced Saturday.

The White House said the recipients have made “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors.

President Joe Biden bestowed the honor to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.

Joe Biden on Saturday will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 honorees, bestowing the highest civilian honor in the United States to entertainers, sports stars, politicians and diplomats.- Bobby Kennedy - Biden also chose to posthumously award a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Robert Francis Kennedy,

President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people on Saturday, including Hillary Clinton and George Soros.

Biden will also posthumously grant the medal to former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and former Michigan Gov. George Romney.

They went to George W. Romney ... and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Kennedy is father to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for health and human ...