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 losing tax-exempt status.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In a July 7 legal proceeding, the Internal Revenue Service said in court filings that these organizations are able to throw their ...

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

The Johnson Amendment, enacted by Johnson in 1954 when he was the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, bans political activity by churches.

The Internal Revenue Service made a statement on Monday that would allow churches to support political candidates of 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 ...

The IRS said it no longer will enforce the Johnson Amendment that prevents churches and other nonprofits from endorsing ...

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