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

When you donate or pledge money to a religious institution, Uncle Sam does not take a bite of that cash. For years, the ...

Ohio churches are having mixed reactions to news that the Internal Revenue Service will relax enforcement of the ban on ...

There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...

For more than 70 years, federal law has prohibited pastors, priests, rabbis, and imams from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. Now the IRS is letting it be known that it has no intention ...

The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.

That’s what the IRS now claims, in a reversal from Biden-era positions. Could this embolden critics of religious liberty?

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader. It banned all tax-exempt organizations like churches and charities from ...

Last week, the IRS said it wants to do away with a 71-year-old prohibition barring churches from endorsing political ...

The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.

In a proposed legal settlement, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed that it will abandon enforcement of longstanding ...

A decades-old rule keeping churches from endorsing politicians was struck down in court. Here's what to know about the Johnson Amendment.