January 30, 2026
JFK Records January 2026 release
NARA publishes 140 PDFs totaling 11,022 pages. Pending manifest and ingest.
2026No indexed count yetCurated metadata
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April 3, 2025
JFK Records 2025 release (April 3 drop)
Third 2025 tranche from NARA: approximately 2,400 additional pages.
20252,162 records indexedCurated metadata
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March 26, 2025
JFK Records 2025 release (March 26 drop)
Second 2025 tranche from NARA: approximately 14,000 additional pages.
20252,162 records indexedCurated metadata
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March 18, 2025
JFK Records 2025 release (March 18 drop)
NARA publishes the first tranche of EO 14176 records: approximately 63,000 pages. Re-releases of many previously-redacted documents without redaction.
20252,162 records indexedCurated metadata
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January 23, 2025
Executive Order 14176 signed
President Trump signs Executive Order 14176 directing full release of remaining JFK-related records. The order sets a 15-day review deadline for a declassification plan.
20252,162 records indexedCurated metadata
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June 27, 2023
JFK Records June 2023 release
NARA releases the bulk of remaining previously-withheld records per President Biden's October 2022 memorandum. Indexed as release_set='2023'.
20232,677 records indexedCurated metadata
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December 15, 2022
JFK Records December 2022 release
NARA releases ~13,200 additional documents. Indexed as release_set='2022'.
202213,177 records indexedCurated metadata
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December 15, 2021
JFK Records December 2021 release
NARA releases 1,491 additional documents. Indexed as release_set='2021'.
20211,491 records indexedCurated metadata
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April 26, 2018
JFK Records April 2018 release
NARA releases 19,045 additional documents. This release is indexed in the current corpus under release_set='2017-2018'.
2017-201836,576 records indexedCurated metadata
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July 24, 2017
JFK Records 2017 release
NARA releases 3,810 documents under the JFK Records Act. Additional releases follow across 2017-2018.
2017-201836,576 records indexedCurated metadata
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September 30, 1998
ARRB Final Report published
The Assassination Records Review Board publishes its Final Report, concluding its work and transferring its records to the National Archives. Over 4 million pages have been declassified under the JFK Records Act by this point.
1998No indexed count yetCurated metadata
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April 24, 1997
Zapruder film declared an assassination record
The ARRB formally declares the original Zapruder film an assassination record, beginning the process by which the federal government acquires it from the Zapruder family.
1997No indexed count yetCurated metadata
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October 26, 1992
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act signed
President George H. W. Bush signs the JFK Records Act (P.L. 102-526), creating the JFK Assassination Records Collection at NARA and the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) to oversee declassification.
1992No indexed count yetCurated metadata
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