Despite the IRS lifting its ban on churches endorsing political candidates, I still won’t be. Because it wasn’t fear of ...

As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of ...

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

Florida houses of worship can now endorse political candidates in some cases, an exception created by the IRS recently.

In 2024, two churches and a religious organization filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), claiming that ...

Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...

The IRS said in a court filing that churches whose pastors endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't lose their ...

The majority of the Founders ... were determined to prevent the official establishment of any single national denomination or religion.

The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.

A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.

In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...

Although seldom enforced, The Johnson Act has long been a source of tension between religious groups and federal regulators.