What's in the Kennedy assassination files release?

President John F. Kennedy minutes before his assassination.
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Thousands of government documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were made public on Thursday, after President Biden issued a memorandum approving their release.

It was determined that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone when he killed Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas. Still, conspiracies abound when it comes to Kennedy's death, and in his executive order, Biden said his administration has a "commitment to transparency and will provide the American public with greater insight and understanding of the government's investigation into this tragic event in American history."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.