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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Robin Pogrebin |Graham Bowley |Jennifer Schuessler
Mr. Trump's order, called "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," cited the graphic and two other examples of what it said were ideological affronts by the Smithsonian.
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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Zachary Small |Jennifer Schuessler
President Trump intensified his push to impose a more positive view of American history by moving to curb the independence of the Smithsonian Institution, which he wants to make into a “symbol of inspiration and American greatness.” In an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” Trump took aim at what he described as a “revisionist movement” across the country that “seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its founding...
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Zachary Small |Jennifer Schuessler
Trump Administration live Updates The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced "narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive." President Trump intensified his push to impose a more positive view of American history by moving to curb the independence of the Smithsonian Institution, which he wants to make into a "symbol of inspiration and American greatness." In an executive order titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity...
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Jennifer Schuessler |Julian Barnes
WASHINGTON - In June 1973, a CIA employee wrote a memo at the request of Mr William E. Colby, the agency’s director, listing various ways the CIA had, to put it delicately, “exceeded” its charter over the years. The seven pages matter-of-factly described break-ins at the French Consulate in Washington, planned paramilitary attacks on Chinese nuclear facilities and injections of a “contaminating agent” in Cuban sugar bound for the Soviet Union. The memo ended with an offhand aside about Mr John A.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jennifer Schuessler |Julian Barnes
In June 1973, a CIA employee wrote a memo at the request of William E. Colby, the agency’s director, listing various ways the CIA had, to put it delicately, “exceeded” its charter over the years. The seven pages matter-of-factly described break-ins at the French Consulate in Washington, planned paramilitary attacks on Chinese nuclear facilities and injections of a “contaminating agent” in Cuban sugar bound for the Soviet Union. The memo ended with an offhand aside about John A.
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1 month ago | 
sanjuandailystar.com | Talya Minsberg |Adam Nagourney |Jennifer Schuessler |Sarah Maslin Nir
By Talya Minsberg, Adam Nagourney, Jennifer Schuessler and Sarah Maslin NirThe release of about 64,000 documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday started a race to find a revelation, as journalists, historians and amateur sleuths scoured the pages in hopes of finding something, anything, that could be considered consequential. Instead, the big reveal was that there wasn’t much of a reveal at all. Here are the biggest takeaways of the blockbuster that wasn’t.
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1 month ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Talya Minsberg |Adam Nagourney |Jennifer Schuessler |Sarah Maslin Nir
THE NEW YORK TIMES Takeaways from the Kennedy Files: Spycraft, collateral damage and granular detail The National Archives in Washington, on Jan. 24, 2025. The promise of a “final” release of all government secrets relating to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy has whetted the appetite of many Americans, including the current occupant of the Oval Office.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Jennifer Schuessler |Julian Barnes
In June 1973, a C.I.A. employee wrote a memo at the request of William E. Colby, the agency's director, listing various ways the C.I.A. had, to put it delicately, "exceeded" its charter over the years. The seven pages matter-of-factly described break-ins at the French Consulate in Washington, planned paramilitary attacks on Chinese nuclear facilities and injections of a "contaminating agent" in Cuban sugar bound for the Soviet Union. The memo ended with an offhand aside about John A.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Talya Minsberg |Adam Nagourney |Jennifer Schuessler |Sarah Maslin Nir
La publicación el martes de unos 64.000 documentos relacionados con el asesinato del presidente John F. Kennedy desató una carrera por encontrar alguna revelación, con periodistas, historiadores y detectives aficionados escudriñando las páginas con la esperanza de dar con algo, lo que fuera, que pudiera considerarse importante. En lugar de eso, la gran revelación fue que no había nada revelador. He aquí lo más destacado del éxito de taquilla que no lo fue.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Talya Minsberg |Adam Nagourney |Jennifer Schuessler |Sarah Maslin Nir
The release of about 64,000 documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday started a race to find a revelation, as journalists, historians and amateur sleuths scoured the pages in hopes of finding something, anything, that could be considered consequential. Instead, the big reveal was that there wasn’t much of a reveal at all. Here are the biggest takeaways of the blockbuster that wasn’t.
