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Trump administration releases files on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination

By Steve Inskeep
Published July 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM MDT

The National Archives has published thousands of newly digitized documents relating to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as part of a directive by President Trump.

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