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.

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

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

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

For more than 70 years, federal law has prohibited pastors, priests, rabbis, and imams from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. Now the IRS is letting it be known that it has no intention ...

The IRS says pastors endorsing political candidates during services should not risk losing their 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.

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

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

When you donate or pledge money to a religious institution, Uncle Sam does not take a bite of that cash. For years, the ...