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Kennedy papers released. The Trump administration released an initial tranche of electronic copies of papers into the National Archives on March 19, the first wave of what will be around 80,000 pages of files related to President John F. Kennedy. Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to present a plan to release records related to the assassinations of Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. Historians have long wanted access to the documents to answer lingering questions and put some unfounded conspiracy theories to rest.

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