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

The 1954 Johnson Amendment (the law barring all nonprofit organizations like churches from engaging in partisan politics) has ...

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

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

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

Churches thinking of taking advantage of a major IRS flip-flop on the legality of engaging in politics without fear of losing ...

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 ...

(RNS) — The IRS hopes to settle a lawsuit brought by a pair of Texas churches and a group of religious broadcasters over rules that bar houses of worship and other nonprofits from getting ...

An IRS clarification on churches endorsing political candidates to their congregations draws praise, concern from local ...

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

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 ...