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Billionaire Behind Miami Immigration and Deportation Ads Steps Forward

“Deporting immigrants is cruel,” some of the ads against Cuban Americans in Congress read. Michael B. Fernández wanted to “wake up” Miami’s conscience.

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Michael B. Fernández’s goal for the ad campaign is to help oust three Florida Republicans from Congress, who he says have failed to push back against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
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Wallis Annenberg, Arts and Wildlife Philanthropist, Dies at 86

She put millions from her foundation into projects in California, like a performing arts center in Beverly Hills and a wildlife crossing over the busy 101 freeway.

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Wallis Annenberg in 2017. Her philanthropy included providing $38.5 million in low-interest loans to help fund construction of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
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Flaunting an Ankle Tag, Brazil’s Bolsonaro Joins an Unusual Club

Charged with staging a coup, Jair Bolsonaro showed off his new ankle monitor this week, joining others who embraced symbols of prosecution.

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Jair Bolsonaro, deemed a flight risk by the court, showing his electronic ankle monitor on Monday.
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In Response to Epstein Letter Report, Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Draw Pictures’

The president disputes reporting from The Wall Street Journal that he drew a picture for Jeffrey Epstein, but as a real estate mogul, he often sketched for charity.

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Donald Trump created this drawing of the Empire State Building for a charity auction in 1995, where it sold for $100. In 2017, during his first presidency, it sold for $16,000.
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