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

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

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

The IRS on Monday said that religious leaders could endorse political candidates in churches and other religious centers without losing their tax-exempt status, carving out an exemption from a decades ...

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service said in a legal document the tax-collection ...

Critics fear the Trump administration is opening the floodgates for houses of worship to turn into political fundraising ...

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

Dark money may be heading to a church near you because the Trump administration has said it will no longer enforce the ...

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

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

The Internal Revenue Service made a statement on Monday that would allow churches to support political candidates of their ...

Churches and other houses of worship registered as tax-exempt nonprofits can endorse political candidates to their ...