The Latest Breaking News from the National Archives

The documents were released ahead of the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944

Oldest surviving version from 1308 is dwarfed in size by 21-metre roll produced more than 700 years later

History buffs have uncovered revelations about U.S. espionage in the 1960s in thousands of pages of newly released government records about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

The John F. Kennedy assassination documents released this week disclosed sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers

Historians, journalists and amateur detectives are pouring over the JFK files looking for a scrap of anything new, but many have questioned the motive and the timing behind the release

Some of the United States’ most important historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation, are housed in the U.S. National Archives. Beyond these high-profile items, it also preserves lesser-known but no less vital records, such as national park master plans,…

Kevin Rudd once lobbied the Turnbull government for a UN position using encrypted app Wickr – and the messages could not be found

More than 1,100 files consisting of in excess of 31,000 pages have been posted on the US National Archives and Records Administration’s website

Scholars and historians are likely to spend months sifting through records for answers about US president’s killing.