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

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

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

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

IRS says it will no longer penalize houses of worship for endorsing political candidates during religious services, as long ...

The IRS announced churches can endorse political candidates through an exemption in the Johnson Amendment. The announcement ...

Two East Texas churches, Sand Springs Church in Athens and First Baptist Church Waskom, were among the plaintiffs in the ...

The IRS now allows churches to support political candidates without losing tax-exempt status, raising both praise and ...

On Monday, the IRS revoked a long-standing rule that stripped tax-exempt status from churches that endorse political candidates. From a horse-race view of elections, this may not make a difference.

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

President Donald Trump praised the IRS decision permitting churches to endorse political candidates, saying it allows them to ...