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 ...

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 ...

Idaho House Bill 509, which bars transgender people from changing their birth certificates, should be allowed to take effect on July 1, but not for the reasons many believe. A birth certificate is a ...

The White House today surprised reporters with the release of President Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate. The release comes at the height of weeks of public posturing by real-estate mogul ...

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 ...