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

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

The policy change reverses a ban on endorsing or opposing candidates by religious organizations known as the Johnson ...

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, ...

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

If a judge approves a proposed court order, the IRS will soon allow churches to endorse candidates from the pulpit again ...

Donald Trump has endorsed the IRS's recent decision to allow houses of worship to endorse political candidates without ...

The decades-old Johnson Amendment does not apply to speech by houses of worship to its congregation through “customary channels of communication,” the IRS said in a July 7 court filing in the ...

The decades-old Johnson Amendment does not apply to speech by houses of worship to its congregation through “customary channels of communication,” the IRS said in a July 7 court filing in the ...

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

The decades-old Johnson Amendment does not apply to speech by houses of worship to its congregation through “customary channels of communication,” the IRS said in a July 7 court filing in the ...

The IRS veered away from banning political endorsements in houses of worship, spurring differing views from Houston's ...