President Trump’s national security team was stunned and forced to scramble after he announced on Monday that he would release 80,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with only 24 hours’ notice. Administration officials had been working on releasing the records since January, when Mr. Trump signed an executive … Read more
President Trump has long obsessed over the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and tried, during his first administration, to fully release all government documents related to his death in 1963 and subsequent investigations. Mr. Trump released more pages on Tuesday evening, saying the files — unlike many in past years — will not be … Read more
The promise of a “final” release of all government secrets relating to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy has whetted the appetite of many Americans, including the current occupant of the Oval Office. But many historians are taking a more measured, wait-and-see approach to Tuesday’s release of documents by the National Archives. “I doubt … Read more
President Trump said officials planned to disclose a trove of classified government files on Tuesday about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and he suggested there would be no redactions this time — in contrast to releases during his previous administration. The National Archives and other agencies have provided no details or a timeline … Read more
President Trump said on Monday evening that he was ending Secret Service protection for former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son Hunter and daughter Ashley. Not only did Mr. Trump declare in a social media post that Hunter Biden — who has been a Trump target for years — would lose his protection “effective immediately,” … Read more
President Trump said on Monday his administration would release approximately 80,000 files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Trump did not provide additional details on what the trove of files would include, but he has long promised to release the unredacted documents. “You got a lot of reading,” … Read more