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

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

A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their organization’s tax-exempt status is drawing praise from ...

The policy change reverses a ban on endorsing or opposing candidates by religious organizations known as the Johnson ...

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

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, ...

The Internal Revenue Service's recent declaration that it will not prohibit churches and pastors from endorsing political ...

The IRS veered away from banning political endorsements in houses of worship, spurring differing views from Houston's ...

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

The decades-old Johnson Amendment does not apply to speech by houses of worship to its congregation through “customary channels of communication,” the IRS said in a July 7 court filing in the ...

Donald Trump has endorsed the IRS's recent decision to allow houses of worship to endorse political candidates without ...

The decades-old Johnson Amendment does not apply to speech by houses of worship to its congregation through “customary channels of communication,” the IRS said in a July 7 court filing in the ...