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People conceal parts of their faces with forms for the 2010 count in Puerto Rico in a U.S. Census Bureau poster about how it keeps information confidential. Records for the once-a-decade tally cannot be released until 72 years after a count's Census Day.

The U.S. census's 72-year confidentiality rule has a strange history

Feb 04, 2022
Under federal law, the U.S. government must restrict access to people's records for the once-a-decade tally until 72 years after a count's Census Day. The exact origins of that time span are murky.
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Politics
President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride in the car in a motorcade in Dallas.

The Archives has released nearly 1,500 new documents on JFK's assassination

Dec 15, 2021
They contain memos from meetings with informants, mostly of interest to historians and researchers. No evidence is expected that would put in doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman.
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Shots - Health News
An image of Ow Luen from his file, originally held at the USCIS, now available at the National Archives.

Tracing Your Family's Roots May Soon Get A Lot More Expensive

Dec 29, 2019
Access to some genealogical records kept by the U.S. government may get a lot more expensive, especially for those seeking family records for immigrants from the late 1800s to mid-1900s.
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U.S.
Lee Harvey Oswald is pictured on November 22, 1963, after being arrested for the murder of President John F. Kennedy.

New Kennedy Documents Say FBI Was Tipped Off Oswald Was In Danger After Arrest

Oct 26, 2017
In one memo written just after President Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was murdered by Jack Ruby, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called it "inexcusable" he wasn't protected.
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Politics
President Trump holds a rally for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Luther Strange on Sept. 22 in Huntsville, Ala. After Strange lost the primary race, Trump's tweets promoting him were deleted.

Trump Deleting Tweets After Luther Strange's Loss Raises Legal Questions

Sep 28, 2017
After Roy Moore defeated the president's chosen candidate, Trump acted to remove evidence of his support. Transparency advocates argue the move is part of a larger pattern of poor record keeping.
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The Two-Way
Earhart with Noonan in Natal, Brazil, in June 1937.

Does A Newly Discovered Photo Show Amelia Earhart Survived A Crash Landing?

Jul 06, 2017
If the photo does show the missing pilot and her navigator, it would lend support to the theory that they went down in the Marshall Islands and were imprisoned. But the evidence isn't crystal clear.
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Politics
The Frederick Douglass Statue in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol in 2013. On July 3, the National Archives hosted a reading of Douglass' essay about the Fourth of July.

'What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?' Frederick Douglass, Revisited

Jul 05, 2017
Two readings, 165 years apart, addressed to a nation at a precarious political moment. Why Frederick Douglass' famous 1852 anti-slavery speech is still read — and still resonates — in 2017.
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All Tech Considered
Until Monday morning, the judicial branch Web page was not included on the White House website. On the menu, only the executive and legislative branches were listed.

The Week The Judicial Branch Didn't Exist On The White House Website

Jan 30, 2017
On Monday, after many online comments, the judicial branch Web page was added to the White House website. Before that, under the Trump administration takeover of the website, the page did not exist.
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History
The recently discovered letter is one of only three known letters written by Walt Whitman on behalf of a soldier.

Walt Whitman's Letter For A Dying Soldier To His Wife Discovered

Mar 12, 2016
Jackie Budell of the National Archives talks about a newly discovered a letter written by Walt Whitman, who visited hospitals and wrote letters on behalf of injured soldiers during the Civil War.
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