Following his reelection as speaker of the House, Mike Johnson recited a prayer he implied was written by Thomas Jefferson. But Jefferson didn’t write it.

He read what he claimed was a prayer recited by President Thomas Jefferson "each day of his eight years of the presidency and every day thereafter until his death." It is always technically possible ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson sparked an unusual religion controversy last week when he recited a prayer in front of Congress ...

“We have no evidence that this prayer was written or delivered by Thomas Jefferson. It appears in the 1928 United States Book of Common Prayer, and was first suggested for inclusion in a report ...

After his reelection, Johnson recited a prayer that he suggested was written by Thomas Jefferson and recited every day in the House during Jefferson’s presidency. Johnson’s prayer, which he ...