Customs and Border Protection Outage Snarls Major Airports

DAVID KOENIG / The Associated Press Aug 16, 2019 Travelers flying into the United States on Friday ran into long lines at major airports nationwide because of a temporary computer outage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Kennedy III, a False Progressive Idol Like JFK

Paul Street / Truthdig Feb 4, 2018 America does not need another elite Kennedy pretending to lead us out of the darkness of authoritarian capitalism, racism, militarism and other evils. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Botulism Pills, the CIA, the Mob and the JFK Assassination

Laurie Kellman and Alanna Durkin Richer / AP Oct 28, 2017 Newly released records offer riveting details on the way intelligence services operated at the time. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

JFK Files: Thousands Released, but Trump Holds Others Back

Calvin Woodward and Deb Riechmann / AP Oct 27, 2017 The documents made public late Thursday capture the frantic days after President Kennedy's assassination in 1963. Meanwhile, the FBI and CIA get some records blocked. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Says He Doesn’t Plan to Block Release of JFK Records

Jill Colvin / AP Oct 21, 2017 The National Archives has until Thursday to disclose the trove of remaining files related to John Kennedy's 1963 assassination. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

John F. Kennedy on World Peace in 1963: ‘No Problem of Human Destiny Is Beyond Human Beings’ (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2017 Fifty-four years after the "Peace Speech," the 35th president's words still inspire hope that building peace is possible. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone on Interviewing Putin, Documenting Snowden and Making Controversial Choices

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2017 "I never did a movie because it was good for my career," the director tells Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer in a hard-hitting conversation about filmmaking, America's military exploits, Russia and other topics. (Transcript added.) Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Federal Judge Blocks Part of Trump’s Immigration Ban

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 29, 2017 Following protests at a number of airports across the country and legal intervention by civil liberties watchdog groups, a U.S. District Court temporarily halts the deportation of people with valid visas or approved refugee papers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Noam Chomsky: ‘Most Predictable Aspect of Trump Is Unpredictability’—It’s ‘Very Dangerous’ (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 28, 2016 The renowned linguist offers a powerful assessment of the next president, explaining that while it is still unclear what Donald Trump will actually do, he is, in Chomsky's words, an "ignorant, thin-skinned megalomaniac." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Fidel Outlived His U.S. Government Assassins

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 26, 2016 "John F. Kennedy's administration tried to assassinate Fidel Castro by using Mafia hit men," wrote Robert Scheer, Truthdig editor in chief, in a Los Angeles Times column first published in 1997. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Donald Trump, the Emperor of Social Media

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company May 2, 2016 As FDR mastered radio and JFK conquered TV, Donald Trump rules the Internet like no other candidate. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )