President Barack Obama released the long-form version of his birth certificate, yet another piece of concrete evidence that shows he was born in the United States. The White House said he received a ...

Donald J. Trump’s eagerness to embrace the so-called birther idea (that President Obama was born outside the United States) led to the White House releasing in 2011 a copy of the president’s original ...

In April 2011, President Barack Obama sought to put end to rumors claiming that he was not a natural-born citizen of the United States by obtaining and releasing a copy of his long form birth ...

Update, March 2011: It’s been nearly three years since we published this article, and Obama's birth certificate is still the subject of much discussion, and still the subject of our fact-checking ...

In the United States, birth certificates usually consist of a Certificate of Live Birth, which is a standard form. Its purpose is to collect information and issue a recognized birth certificate that ...

The White House has released President Barack Obama's birth certificate, in response to persistent rumours he was not born in the US. Mr Obama had previously released an official "certification of ...