The National Archives released over 240,000 pages of records in accordance with an executive order from January.

The Trump administration released a trove of records relating to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. The documents were disclosed in spite of long-held objections from King's family that they could be misused to distort his legacy.

MLK files: They include over 240,000 pages of records from the FBI’s investigation into King’s assassination. The move was opposed by his family, which argued the FBI’s surveillance of King was tainted by its political bent at the time. [USA Today]