JFK

Trump calls for two-year Kennedy Center shutdown to ensure 'success, beauty, grandeur'

The center historically has hosted over 2,000 events per year, according to the website, although many performers have pulled out of planned shows since Trump's shakeup began.

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FILE PHOTO: A worker walks in front of the recently renamed Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 29, 2025.
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, speaks at the 2023 Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 29, 2023.

Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, granddaughter of JFK, dies following leukemia diagnosis

Her passing was announced in a social media post by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

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New Arkia leased aircraft.

Arkia plane hit by Philippine plane at JFK airport, leaving some 270 passengers stranded - report

The Arkia flight, which was Tel-Aviv-bound and set to carry some 270 passengers, has been delayed due to the damage the accident caused.

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Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard sits next to CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel, on the day they testify at the House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 26, 2025.

How Gabbard's 'hunters' pounced on secret CIA warehouse for Kennedy files

DNI officials caught the CIA off guard to seize assassination files on JFK, RFK, and MLK. The trove was transferred to the National Archives for release.

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John F. Kennedy remembered: 62 years since the assassination that shook the world - opinion

November 22, will mark 62 years since an assassin’s bullet ended the life of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as his motorcade was traveling through the streets of Dallas.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
THEN-US PRESIDENT John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride through Dallas moments before the president was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The president strongly supported Israel, though the ties were complex, says the writer.

Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg launches bid for New York’s 12th District congressional seat

“We deserve better, and we can do better, and it starts with the Democratic Party winning back control of the House of Representatives,” Schlossberg said.

NOVEMBER 12, 2025ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA
Jack Schlossberg sits at a table before presenting the 2019 Profile in Courage Award to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, US, May 19, 2019.

Arkia relaunches direct Tel Aviv-New York flights

The route will no longer require an operational stop in Larnaca, the airline confirmed.

JULY 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MEITAL SHARABI
Arkia airplane

Former hostage Liri Albag detained at JFK, 'still listed as a hostage' in American systems

Liri Albag was taken in for questioning due to her status in American systems claiming that she was still being held hostage.

MAY 26, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, URI SELA
RELEASED HOSTAGE Liri Albag is reunited with loved ones at Bellinson Hospital in Petah Tikva on Saturday.

Man arrested at JFK after he attempts to bomb US Embassy in Tel Aviv

In posts on the day of the attack, Neumayer posted: "Join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv. Death to America, death to Americans, and f--- the west.”

MAY 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, May 7, 2024.

Declassified JFK assassination files reveal Oswald's Soviet ties

Trump has also promised to release documents on the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy, both of whom were killed in 1968.

MARCH 19, 2025ByREUTERS
President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, at the White House in Washington in this handout photograph taken on October 23, 1962

Around 80,000 pages of JFK files will be released on Tuesday, Trump says

Trump to unveil JFK assassination files, including newly found FBI documents on the 1963 killing.

MARCH 17, 2025ByREUTERS
President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, at the White House in Washington in this handout photograph taken on October 23, 1962

Israel can't investigate itself on Oct. 7 attacks, independent investigation is essential - opinion

Israel needs an independent investigation with full cooperation from military and intelligence leadership. The investigation needs full access to all data. Israelis deserve no less.

MARCH 11, 2025ByMICAH HALPERN
STATE COMPTROLLER Matanyahu Englman attends a Knesset committee meeting last week. Englman’s office would be the ideal body to independently investigate the many lapses that led to the horrors perpetrated on October 7, the writer maintains.

'Everything will be revealed': Trump signs order to declassify files on JFK, MLK assassinations

"Everything will be revealed," Trump said as he signed the order, then holding it up.

JANUARY 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on AI, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2025.

Trump announces sweeping first-day executive orders and record declassifications

Classified documents regarding the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK are to be released. Trump added that "other topics of great interest" will have classified records declassified.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.