The executive order Trump signed Thursday also aims to declassify the remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The order is among a flurry of executive actions Trump has quickly taken the first week of his second term.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will release documents on the 1960s assassinations of JFK's younger brother Robert F Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

President Donald Trump is slated to declassify files and documents relating to the assassinations of famous Americans “in the coming days.”

In the executive order regarding the three assassinations, Trump wrote: “Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth.”

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

John F. Kennedy's assassination has been the subject of enduring public fascination since he was killed in 1963.

President Donald Trump has signed an order to declassify government records relating to the assassination of JFK Jr., Newsweek's live blog is closed.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he would release classified documents in the coming days related to the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Trump promised to release the documents during his first term but later complied with intelligence community requests to keep much of the material classified.

Donald Trump signed an executive order today to release more records related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, as well as those related to the killings of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

Donald Trump has taken back control of the White House, with his presidential inauguration taking place on Monday.

Official conclusions say lone gunmen committed the assassinations of President John Kennedy, Sen. Robert Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.