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

If a judge approves a proposed court order, the IRS will soon allow churches to endorse candidates from the pulpit again ...

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A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their ...

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

"Ours is not a blue or red diocese, but a purple one, and above all, a Christian one." 2 News Oklahoma's Braden Bates shares ...

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

Nor was it just that right-wing ministers were expressing Republican-shaped views about everything from LGBTQ rights to tax laws from the pulpit. Outside church walls, the massive ecosphere of ...

We asked several Utah faith leaders if they would endorse a political candidate from the pulpit after the Internal Revenue Service said in a court filing this week that they could. Here's what they ...

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

The Internal Revenue Service’s proposed consent decree with religious organizations to allow churches to speak about ...

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