🚨 Axios PM: Secret JFK files

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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Instagram   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Dec 15, 2022 Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 456 words, a 2-minute read. You're invited! Join Axios' Astrid Galván and Russell Contreras tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. ET for a virtual event with Latino voices on news of the day. Register here.     📂 1 big thing: Secret JFK files President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Photo: Getty Images The National Archives released thousands of secret documents today related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Axios' Herb Scribner reports. Why it matters: President Biden said all documents on JFK's assassination should be shared with the public "except when the strongest possible reasons counsel otherwise." In a memo, Biden authorized more than 70% of the roughly 16,000 remaining files on JFK's death to "now be released in full." Biden postponed the release last year, citing the pandemic. At the time, he asked the National Archives to conduct a one-year review of the documents before they were released. That one-year deadline expired today. Share this story.     🥶 2. Siberia's Christmas surprise Computer model map showing temperature departures from average in °F on Dec. 23. Image: Weatherbell.com You've been warned: It's going to be an extremely cold Christmas for parts of the U.S., Axios' Andrew Freedman reports. A blast of Arctic air straight from Siberia is poised to spread across the continental U.S., shattering records and potentially spinning up major storms. Why it matters: Meteorologists tell Axios this may be the most extreme cold air mass to affect the U.S. during December in many years. Computer model data shows temperatures running 30 degrees below average by Dec. 23. Go deeper: The phenomena colliding to create this cold     A message from Instagram Explore 30+ Instagram tools helping teens have positive experiences     Instagram's tools can help parents keep their teens safe on social media, help teens see less sensitive content and help them spend less time on our platform. Because teens' experiences on Instagram should be positive and supportive. Explore our tools and set them up today.     3. Catch up quick Photo: J. Scott Park/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP   Above: Paul Bellar (left), Pete Musico and Joseph Morrison were sentenced today for their involvement in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Musico was sentenced to 12 years in prison, Morrison to 10 and Bellar to seven. Go deeper. Five House Republicans vowed to move as a united bloc on the speaker vote, threatening Kevin McCarthy's candidacy. Go deeper. The Jan. 6 chair teased that the panel's final hearing may include evidence that has not yet been made public. Go deeper. Rent prices had their largest month-over-month drop in November since Zillow started tracking this data in 2015. Go deeper.     4. 📷 Parting shot: Couric on Capitol Hill Photo: Jami LaRue/Office of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro Katie Couric (left) appeared on Capitol Hill today with Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) in support of the Find It Early Act, which would improve the detection of breast cancer. Couric said: "Like 1 in 8 women, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. On June 21, 2022, that became my reality. I feel incredibly fortunate that I was diagnosed early, but so many women find out too late. We must strengthen breast cancer awareness, specifically for women with dense breasts like me." The bill "would ensure all health insurance plans cover screening and diagnostic mammograms and breast ultrasounds and MRIs with no cost-sharing," DeLauro said. Go deeper.     A message from Instagram Set up supervision on Instagram to help keep your teen safe online     Parents have support when it comes to keeping their teens safe on Instagram. They can see who their teen follows, who follows them and any reports their teen shares once supervision on Family Center is set up. Explore Family Center and set it up today.   Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing today's PM. Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: