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Last of the classified JFK assassination files released

9:54am March 18, 2025

Thousands of documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday. Presidential historians didn't expect any bombshell revelations.

President Joe Biden listens to a reporters question after speaking about the economy at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday.

Politics & Government

Biden's lawyer says additional classified documents found, GOP calls for new probes

3:30pm January 12, 2023

by Heidi Glenn

President Biden's lawyers have found more classified documents, this time at his Wilmington, Del., home. According to his lawyer Richard Sauber, "all but one" were found in storage in Biden's garage.

The National Archives and Records Administration said it retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last month.

15 boxes of White House records have been recovered at Trump's Mar-a-Lago

8:09pm February 07, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The 15 boxes of records discovered at Mar-a-Lago should have been transferred to officials from the White House at the end of the Trump administration, officials say.

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U.S. National Archives Unearths Original Juneteenth Order

7:57pm June 19, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free," states General Order No. 3.

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan takes questions after addressing the Council on Foreign Relations on March 11. The CIA has proposed deleting the email of almost all employees after they leave the agency. But some critics are saying a lar

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The CIA Wants To Delete Old Email; Critics Say 'Not So Fast'

6:32pm November 20, 2014

by David Welna

The CIA plan calls for deleting the email of almost all employees after they leave the agency. But opponents say this would erase too many important documents. The example they cite: Edward Snowden.

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