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.

A decades-old rule prohibited politicking from the pulpit. Without it, some worry churches could become “linchpins to sway ...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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