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A Thousand Blows: The remarkable true story of bare-knuckle boxer Hezekiah Moscow and notorious girl gang The 40 Elephants

The new drama combines the real worlds of the Victorian boxing scene and an infamous all-female crime syndicate

The Independent UK

Trump Administration Forcing Out Senior Leadership At National Archives

Trump administration's changes at National Archives include forced resignations of senior leadership amid criticism and investigations.

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Mystery solved? FBI admits it found 2,400 new pages of documents to release about JFK assassination

A search carried out in January this year following Trump’s executive order unearthed new records relating to Kennedy’s assassination

The Independent UK

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FBI says it found 2,400 new JFK assassination records

The FBI says it's discovered 2,400 records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as federal agencies work to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to release thousands of classified files

The Independent UK

What really happened in Calvine? The mystery behind the best UFO picture ever seen

In August 1990, two hikers sent photos of a strange diamond-shaped aircraft to the press – but the story never appeared. Was it a prank, a hoax, an optical illusion or something else entirely?

The Guardian - UK

Trump Declassifies JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King Jr Assassination Files

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of president John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. "A lot of people have been waiting for this for years, for decades," Trump told reporters as…

International Business Times

President Biden, the ERA, and Constitutional Vandalism

A deeply mistaken decision on the way out of office.

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Biden's Handling Of Classified Documents Raises Concerns

Concerns arise over handling classified documents during President Biden's transition process, emphasizing national security.

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MI5 files: The biggest secrets uncovered from the Cambridge Five archives

From a major UK film star to the Queen’s senior courtier – declassifed documents tell a new story about British spies

The Independent UK

Scottish nationalists monitored by MI5 amid fears of help from France, files show

BRITISH security services were monitoring the Scottish nationalist movement – and feared the French government could be supporting it, newly…

The National (Scotland)

Queen left in dark after courtier unmasked as Soviet spy, MI5 files show

Queen Elizabeth was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to…

The National (Scotland)

MI5 files suggest queen was not briefed on spy in royal household for nine years

Documents indicate monarch was informed Anthony Blunt was Soviet agent in 1973, though he confessed in 1964

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth II ‘very calm’ when warned about Russian spy Anthony Blunt, newly released MI5 documents show

MI5 reveals confessions of three members of infamous Cambridge Five spy ring as tranche of documents released into National Archives

Evening Standard

Censorship fears over Queen Elizabeth documents due soon for public release

Call for censorship mechanism to be overhauled as correspondence with late monarch soon due for release

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Fears grow over censorship of secret Queen Elizabeth and Philip papers

Critics flag ‘worrying trend’ of keeping royal files under lock and key as thousands set for release to public

Evening Standard

Fact check: Home Office memo advised police how to deal with vulnerable children

The Home Office circular did not contain the quote, or sentiments, that online users have attributed to it.

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Trump To Replace National Archives Head Amid Document Controversy

President-elect Trump's plan to replace National Archives head amid controversy and missing documents.

The Independent UK

No 10 Visitors Books released to the National Archives

Signatories include the late Queen Elizabeth II, Nelson Mandela and Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

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The Independent UK

Ministers told to use Post-it notes to avoid Freedom of Information requests

Tony Blair regarded the FoI Act as one of his greatest mistakes as prime minister

The Independent UK

Trimble told by Blair to ‘get lost’ over timing of border poll, records show

The records from the National Archives in Dublin show that the SDLP and the Irish government were heavily against the idea.

The Guardian - UK

‘Dubious’ use of the Freedom of Information Act stopping access to files on Prince Andrew, researchers say

Biographer says government departments give contradictory refusals to requests and accuses them of ‘cover up’

The Conversation

Who formally declares the winner of the US presidential election?

Unlike many other countries, where the president or prime minister is chosen by direct popular vote, in the United States a candidate may win the popular vote and still not be elected to the nation’s highest office. The U.S. also differs from most other democracies in that it has no…

The Independent UK

How the US presidential election certification process works

Here’s a look at how the presidential election certification process works

The Guardian - UK

‘Moneypenny with more power’: book celebrates UK’s forgotten female spies

Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall reveals contribution of Kathleen Pettigrew, most senior secretary in MI6 and inspiration for Ian Fleming, and others in new title

The Guardian - UK

Blair government accused IDF of acting like Russian army in West Bank

Tensions over Palestinian death toll have eerie parallels to western concerns about current Israeli operations

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