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The board of a South Florida college is appealing a judge’s ruling temporarily blocking officials from giving away a parcel of prime real estate in downtown Miami to be used for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library. Attorneys for the District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College filed a notice of appeal in Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal on Tuesday, challenging a lower court’s injunction that bars the transfer of the property — at least for now. Last month, Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz sided with a Miami activist who alleged that college officials violated Florida’s open government law...

A dramatic bid to block Donald Trump's presidential library from being built in Miami is being masterminded by an 85-year-old retired professor who has repeatedly compared the Republican to Adolf Hitler. Dr. Marvin Dunn, 85, who has claimed Trump's use of the state to target political enemies is 'no different' from the German dictator, launched the legal case that is threatening to upend ambitious plans for the commander in chief's legacy. It makes Trump the latest president to face problems over his library, which is expected to house a massive archive of two terms of records and artifacts, including a...