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

The IRS announced churches can endorse political candidates without penalty, but Oklahoma Bishop Poulson Reed advises against ...

Republicans have run the table with religious voters. This Religious Left leader says Democrats can now fight for faith ...

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

The IRS made headlines this week with a quiet but significant policy shift: Churches can now formally endorse political ...

The agency's agreement in a court filing formally reverses a decades-old provision of the tax code, but the motion would need ...

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

Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns. The agency ...

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates to their congregations without risking losing their ...

The change in IRS code came after a lawsuit tried to challenge the Johnson Amendment, a longstanding principle of separation ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed the Internal Revenue Service's decision that houses of worship could ...