As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of ...

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

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

In 2024, two churches and a religious organization filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), claiming that ...

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

Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...

The IRS said in a court filing that churches whose pastors endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't lose their ...

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

The top House Republican argued the phrase “separation of church and state” was a personal adage from Thomas Jefferson meant ...

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

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

The IRS says pastors endorsing political candidates during services should not risk losing their tax-exempt status.