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

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

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

A 2019 survey by Pew Research found that 76% of Americans and 70% of Christians say clergy should not endorse candidates from ...

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.

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

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