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

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

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 ...

The IRS' decision circumvents a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.  The Johnson ...

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

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

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

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

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

An IRS clarification on churches endorsing political candidates to their congregations draws praise, concern from local ...

The IRS took a significant step by filing a court brief arguing pastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t risk ...