Donald Trump has been criticized over reading a Bible verse amid renewed attention on how he described his favourite verse. The US president participated in a marathon Bible-reading event, posting a pre-recorded video of himself reading a verse from the Old Testament in the Oval Office.

One day after he posted — then deleted — an image comparing himself to Jesus Christ, President Donald Trump sat at his desk in the Oval Office and read from the Bible directly to a camera.

Tyler residents are joining others in a weeklong public reading of the Bible is underway in Washington D.C., where hundreds of religious, cultural and political figures are taking turns reading Scripture aloud from beginning to end. The event, called ...