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 ...

There is, however, no evidence suggesting Jefferson ever uttered the prayer. Indeed, this mistake is so common that the Thomas Jefferson Foundation has a dedicated online page — published long ...

Mike Johnson (R-LA) read off a prayer on Friday shortly after being re-elected to House speaker, but experts say he flubbed his assertion it was recited daily by President Thomas Jefferson.

Salon's Amanda Marcotte wrote Tuesday that Johnson's inclusion of a fake Thomas Jefferson prayer is more than just hapless ...