The release of about 64,000 documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday started a race to find a revelation, as journalists, historians and amateur sleuths scoured the pages in hopes of finding something, anything, that could be considered consequential. Instead, the big reveal was that there wasn’t much of a reveal … Read more
The Justice Department is moving to unseal F.B.I. surveillance records of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. about two years before their court-ordered release. The request was made over the objections of the civil rights organization Dr. King founded, which fears details of his private life will be used to tarnish his legacy. In … Read more
Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored a federal judge’s order not to deport a group of Venezuelan men, violating an instruction that could not have been plainer or more direct. Justice Department lawyers later justified the administration’s actions with contentions that many legal experts said bordered on frivolous. The line between arguments in support … 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