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JFK assassination files released: What's in declassified documents?

More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, questions still remain in the minds of many Americans about what really happened and who was involved. After President Donald ...

NBC News - 18h

Government releases latest batch of JFK assassination documents

More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas, the federal government on Tuesday began releasing what could be the final trove of documents delving into the ...

NBC News - 1d

In Rush to Release Kennedy Files, Personal Information Went Public, Too

Social Security numbers and other personal details were included in the 64,000 pages of documents that the Trump administration declassified this week.

The New York Times - 1h

DOJ claims soldiers offered documents to Chinese buyers

Two active duty soldiers and one former soldier have been arrested, accused of stealing U.S. military secrets and selling them to buyers in China in what the attorney general is calling a ...

NBC News - Mar. 8

Government releases thousands of declassified pages related to JFK assassination

The National Archives has released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

ABC News - 1d

J.F.K., Blown Away, What Else Do I Have to Say?

Why the newly released documents won’t put out the fire.

The New York Times - 1d

USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documents

The U.S. Agency for International Development is instructing its staff in Washington to shred and burn documents, according to an email obtained by NBC News.

NBC News - Mar. 11

USAID staff instructed to clear out classified safes and shred or burn documents

"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break," the email reads.

CBS News - Mar. 11

Trump administration says handling of USAID documents 'did not violate' federal laws

A USAID directive to destroy classified documents had been "seriously misapprehended," Trump administration attorneys wrote in a court filing Wednesday.

ABC News - Mar. 12

New York woman pleads guilty to mailing drug-soaked documents to prisons

A New York woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to mailing drug-soaked documents to correctional facilities, according to federal prosecutors.

ABC News - 1d

As USAID clears out, official directs employees to use burn bags on documents

A USAID official instructed employees Tuesday on "clearing our classified safes" by shredding documents at the embattled foreign aid agency's Washington headquarters.

ABC News - Mar. 11

Latest batch of JFK assassination documents show Kennedy's distrust of the CIA

The newly released tranche of documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy includes a memo that for decades helped fuel speculation that the CIA was somehow involved in the killing ...

NBC News - 10h

USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows

Officials have begun large-scale destruction of classified documents, including using shredders and ‘burn bags’. US politics live – latest updates Officials at the US Agency for International ...

The Guardian - Mar. 11

Court documents related to Prince Harry's immigration to be released to public

A judge has ordered that some court documents related to Prince Harry must be released to the public on Tuesday. It's been five years since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in the U.S. A ...

CBS News - 23m

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle.

Wired - Mar. 6

Inside the 24-Hour Scramble Among Top National Security Officials Over the J.F.K. Documents

The director of the Central Intelligence Agency emphasized that some documents had nothing to do with the assassinated president, according to people familiar with the discussions.

The New York Times - 17h

Newly released Prince Harry immigration documents are heavily redacted and don't address drug use

Heavily redacted court documents offered few glimpses into Prince Harry's entrance to the U.S. and did not address drug use, as hoped by the Heritage Foundation.

NBC News - 1d

Man charged with murder did online search for consequences of killing 'illegal immigrant'

A Texas man charged with murder in the death of his fiancé searched online what the legal consequences were of killing an "illegal immigrant" by a "legal citizen," according a court document.

NBC News - Mar. 11

Prince Harry US visa documents released in redacted form over harassment fears

US thinktank made FoI request for Harry’s visa form after California-residing royal wrote about drug use in memoir Spare. Heavily redacted court documents related to Prince Harry’s US visa have ...

The Guardian - 21h

Slain Iowa mom documented fears of estranged husband on sticky notes

Angela Prichard was shot and killed by her estranged husband in October 2022. Her sister, Wendy Budde, tells "48 Hours" correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti that Prichard lived in fear for months ...

CBS News - 5d

Photo bombs: documenting my photographic failures – the Edith Pritchett cartoon

The Guardian - 5d

Documents related to question over Prince Harry's immigration released

The conservative Heritage Foundation has been seeking access to Prince Harry's immigration files.

CBS News - 1d

Historians Take Wait-and-See Approach to Latest Kennedy Assassination Documents

Scholars say the papers are unlikely to include dramatic revelations but could shed light on lingering questions — including about the intelligence agencies.

The New York Times - 1d

DOJ's National Security Division pulls all-nighter to prep release of JFK files

The DOJ has been in a scramble trying to meet President Trump's promise Monday to release declassified information from the JFK assassination investigation today.

ABC News - 1d

Trump to release 80,000 pages of JFK files on Tuesday

President Trump announced he will release 80,000 pages of unredacted files Tuesday about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, after promising on the campaign trail to declassify the ...

The Hill - 2d