WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives came out Thursday night with a hefty cache of others. “I have no choice,” Trump said in a memo, citing “potentially irreversible harm” to … Continue reading
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Trump holding back some JFK files, releasing others
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the John F. Kennedy assassination Thursday night, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives moved to turn over some 2,800 other records. “I have no choice,” Trump said in a memo, citing “potentially irreversible harm” to national security … Continue reading
AP Explains: Some JFK files to remain secret _ for now
BOSTON (AP) — The public is going to get a look at 2,800 secret government files related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, but hundreds of other documents will remain under wraps for now. The government is required by Thursday to release the final batch of files related to Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas on Nov. … Continue reading
On JFK documents, Trump squeezed over disclosure
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is caught in a push-pull on new details of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, jammed between students of the killing who want every scrap of information and intelligence agencies that are said to be counseling restraint. How that plays out should be known Thursday, when long-secret files are expected to … Continue reading
Manuscripts among rare Hemingway items shown at JFK library
BOSTON (AP) — Ernest Hemingway and John F. Kennedy never met, but the author’s most extensive personal collection is housed at JFK’s presidential library and is now on public display. The exhibition opening this week in Boston includes original manuscripts of some of his most famous literary works; letters to other major literary figures of … Continue reading