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Files released to the National Archives show the former Northern Ireland secretary pressed to liberalise the laws on cannabis.

Newly-released files from the National Archives also show Tony Blair pushed for Vladimir Putin's seat at the world's 'top table' - and his officials blasted Nelson Mandela's 'misunderstanding of international law'

National Archives declassifies more documents on one of 20th century’s defining events

Record release not expected to give major revelations about the assassination of US President John F Kennedy in 1963.

The US National Archives on Thursday released thousands of documents related to the 1963 assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy. This came shortly after President Joe Biden issued an executive order authorizing the release that also kept hundreds of other sensitive records secret for up to another year. Congress in…

Almost six decades after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination while he was riding in a motorcade in downtown Dallas, questions linger about who else, besides Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused gunman, might have been involved in what a 1979 congressional investigation report called a “conspiracy” to kill the American president.

President Biden on Thursday authorized most of the remaining records to be released.

WASHINGTON — The chair of the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday asked the National Archives to review whether former President Donald Trump has additional presidential records at his storage facility in Florida and other properties that should be turned over to the government.

Top secret wartime files mistakenly placed on the internet during the pandemic covered the attempt by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to blow up Nazi dictator