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

The Internal Revenue Services is reversing a long-standing policy and will now allow religious institutions to endorse ...

For more than 70 years, federal law has prohibited pastors, priests, rabbis, and imams from endorsing political candidates ...

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

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

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

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

The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status.

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

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

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

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