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

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

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

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

More than 90 Democratic lawmakers filed a brief with a federal court this week telling it to block an agreement between the ...

The agency's agreement in a court filing formally reverses a decades-old provision of the tax code, but the motion would need ...

Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns.

It’s another blow to church-state separation just in time to get conservative churches revved up for the midterms.

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

In a joint court filing intended to end an ongoing case against the IRS, the tax collection agency and the National Religious ...

Churches can speak about candidates from the pulpit without risking their nonprofit status, the IRS said in a court filing ...

The change in IRS code came after a lawsuit tried to challenge the Johnson Amendment, a longstanding principle of separation ...