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 ...

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

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

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

Although seldom enforced, The Johnson Act has long been a source of tension between religious groups and federal regulators.

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

The Internal Revenue Service is proposing to give churches a greater role in politics, allowing them to endorse or speak ...

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