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Billionaire George Soros, the Chairman of Soros Fund Management and founder of the Open Society Foundation, slammed the anti-Muslim rhetoric of Republican presidential candidates, Donald Trump, and Ted Cruz. In his essay (which is likely to make Trump even more popular with Putin), Soros emphasized that open societies are always endangered—the United States and Europe especially as a result of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere....

With Republican Senator Ted Cruz, the leader in Iowa polls, spending the week effectively off the campaign trail, his rivals seemed to sense an opening: zigzag the state, press the flesh and make an early impression before the field descends on Iowa after New Year’s. On Monday, though, some candidates’ best plans were upended by an opponent that could outpace even Donald J. Trump in bluster: the weather. With several inches of snow, and icy conditions and howling winds expected in some parts of the state, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey were forced...