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US Stocks Dips As Inflation Makes Little ProgressDALLAS (AP) — More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated , conspiracy theories still swirl and any new glimpse into the fateful day of Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas continues to fascinate . President-elect Donald Trump promised during his reelection campaign that he would declassify all of the remaining government records surrounding the assassination if he returned to office. He made a similar pledge during his first term, but ultimately bended to appeals from the CIA and FBI to keep some documents withheld. At this point, only a few thousand of the millions of governmental records related to the assassination have yet to be fully released, and those who have studied the records released so far say that even if the remaining files are declassified, the public shouldn't anticipate any earth-shattering revelations. “Anybody waiting for a smoking gun that’s going to turn this case upside down will be sorely disappointed,” said Gerald Posner, author of “Case Closed,” which concludes that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Friday's 61st anniversary is expected to be marked with a moment of silence at 12:30 p.m. in Dealey Plaza, where Kennedy's motorcade was passing through when he was fatally shot. And throughout this week there have been events marking the anniversary. When Air Force One carrying Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy touched down in Dallas , they were greeted by a clear sky and enthusiastic crowds. With a reelection campaign on the horizon the next year, they had gone to Texas on political fence-mending trip. But as the motorcade was finishing its parade route downtown, shots rang out from the Texas School Book Depository building. Police arrested 24-year-old Oswald and, two days later, nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald during a jail transfer. A year after the assassination, the Warren Commission, which President Lyndon B. Johnson established to investigate the assassination, concluded that Oswald acted alone and there was no evidence of a conspiracy. But that hasn't quelled a web of alternative theories over the decades. In the early 1990s, the federal government mandated that all assassination-related documents be housed in a single collection in the National Archives and Records Administration. The collection of over 5 million records was required to be opened by 2017, barring any exemptions designated by the president. Trump, who took office for his first term in 2017, had boasted that he'd allow the release of all of the remaining records but ended up holding some back because of what he called the potential harm to national security. And while files have continued to be released during President Joe Biden's administration, some still remain unseen. The documents released over the last few years offer details on the way intelligence services operated at the time, and include CIA cables and memos discussing visits by Oswald to the Soviet and Cuban embassies during a trip to Mexico City just weeks before the assassination. The former Marine had previously defected to the Soviet Union before returning home to Texas. Mark S. Zaid, a national security attorney in Washington, said what's been released so far has contributed to the understanding of the time period, giving “a great picture” of what was happening during the Cold War and the activities of the CIA. Posner estimates that there are still about 3,000 to 4,000 documents in the collection that haven’t yet been fully released. Of those documents, some are still completely redacted while others just have small redactions, like someone's Social Security number. There are about 500 documents where all the information is redacted, Posner said, and those include Oswald's and Ruby’s tax returns. “If you have been following it, as I have and others have, you sort of are zeroed in on the pages you think might provide some additional information for history,” Posner said. Trump's transition team hasn’t responded to questions this week about his plans when he takes office. From the start, there were those who believed there had to be more to the story than just Oswald acting alone, said Stephen Fagin, curator of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, which tells the story of the assassination from the building where Oswald made his sniper's perch. “People want to make sense of this and they want to find the solution that fits the crime," said Fagin, who said that while there are lingering questions, law enforcement made “a pretty compelling case” against Oswald. Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said his interest in the assassination dates back to the event itself, when he was a child. “It just seemed so fantastical that one very disturbed individual could end up pulling off the crime of the century," Sabato said. “But the more I studied it, the more I realized that is a very possible, maybe even probable in my view, hypothesis.”

As Americans are beyond burned out, Tricia Hersey’s Nap Ministry preaches the right to restHanded the herculean task of rallying Senate support for President-elect ’s bewildering nomination of former Rep. (R-FL) for Attorney General, Vice president elect came up short. Vance visited Capitol Hill with prospective cabinet nominees including Gaetz on Wednesday and, to a report, performed admirably. By the end of the day, support for Trump’s picks had stabilized. Even for scandal-plagued , who is facing allegations of paying for sex, having sex with minors, and taking illegal drugs in a House ethics report. Gaetz denies the claims. But a day later, Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for the country’s top law enforcement post, saying he was “unfairly becoming a distraction” for the incoming administration. Trump personally phoned him that morning to tell him he did not have the support among Senate Republicans for confirmation, CNN . The implosion of Gaetz’s nomination coincided with the first test of a new role for Vance, who in recent months was most frequently deployed as a campaign attack dog. The reported Trump transition officials expect Vance to be a crucial lead on the administration’s outreach to Congress, where he has served as Ohio’s junior senator since January 2023. In addition to advocating for cabinet nominees in the coming weeks, he’ll be tasked with shoring up support for bills Trump wants brought to the House and Senate floors. But Trump’s brazen nomination of a man accused of joining drug-fuelled sex orgies proved Vance’s effectiveness might be hamstrung by the headstrong impulses of his boss, which frequently leave even top Republicans scratching their heads. Vance will now turn to Trump’s other controversial nominees, including the reporter sexting anti-vaxxer , tapped to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. On Saturday, Jerome Adams, who served as Surgeon General during Trump’s first term in office, warned the incoming administration to ensure “vaccine confidence stays high,” alluding to Kennedy’s conspiratorial views. Whooping cough cases up 5x this year 100,000 global measles deaths - mostly in kids H5N1 steamrolling towards pandemic status. Egg prices skyrocketing. The new administration had better have a strong infectious disease response plan- and had better ensure public health and... — Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) Then there’s former Rep. , Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, who has atrocities committed under the rule of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and whose Kremlin-adjacent views have made her a of Russian state media. Republican Senators are already saying privately that they want to take a look at her FBI file, Punchbowl . There’s also political neophyte , the former Fox News host and former Army National Guard officer who Trump has nominated for the Defense Secretary post. Hegseth has in recent days been dogged by revelations that he paid off a sexual assault accuser in 2017 because he feared her allegations would derail his cable news career. He denies any wrondoing. Vance will now have to pick up the pieces after the Gaetz disaster and marshal Trump’s other controversial picks to confirmation. Transition officials and lawmakers close to the team told the Vance is considered “an extra asset.” Given Trump’s moody and mercurial ways—and his cozying up to MAGA billionaire as his top post-election advisor—the Vice President-elect better hope that doesn’t one day translate to surplus to requirement.John Parker Romo made a 29-yard field goal to lift the Minnesota Vikings to a 30-27 overtime win against the host Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon. Romo buried the game-winning kick in his third career game for Minnesota (9-2), which won its fourth game in a row. The score capped a 10-play, 68-yard drive for the Vikings after the Bears went three-and-out on the first overtime possession. Sam Darnold completed 22 of 34 passes for 330 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Vikings. Wideout Jordan Addison finished with eight catches for a career-high 162 yards and a touchdown. The overtime defeat spoiled an impressive performance from rookie quarterback Caleb Williams, who completed 32 of 47 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns for Chicago (4-7). D.J. Moore had seven catches for 106 yards and a touchdown, and Keenan Allen finished with nine catches for 86 yards and a score. Chicago erased an 11-point deficit in the final 22 seconds of regulation to send the game to overtime. Romo had put Minnesota on top 27-16 when he made a 26-yard field goal with 1:56 remaining in the fourth quarter. Williams trimmed the Bears' deficit to 27-24 with 22 seconds to go. He rolled right and found Allen wide open in the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown, and moments later he fired a strike to Moore for a two-point conversion. The Bears recovered an onside kick on the next play to regain possession at their 43-yard line with 21 seconds left. Cairo Santos' onside kick bounced off the foot of Vikings tight end Johnny Mundt, and Tarvarius Moore recovered it. D.J. Moore put the Bears in field-goal position with a 27-yard reception across the middle of the field, and Santos made a 48-yarder as time expired to even the score at 27-all. Minnesota led 24-10 after three quarters. Romo made a 40-yard field goal early in the third quarter, and Aaron Jones punched in a 2-yard run with 1:22 left in the period to put the Vikings on top by two touchdowns. Addison and Jalen Nailor each had receiving touchdowns in the first half for Minnesota. Roschon Johnson scored on a 1-yard run for the Bears' only touchdown of the first half. Chicago trailed 14-10 at the break. --Field Level Media

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