Washington — The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn’t have to risk their churches losing their tax-exempt status. The move effectively calls for a carve-out for religious organizations from the rarely used IRS rule called the Johnson Amendment, put in place in 1954 and named after then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson. In
Wind turbines stretch across the horizon at the Spearville Wind Farm near Spearville, Kan., on Sept. 29, 2024.Charlie Riedel/AP Photo President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 7 directing his administration to end federal subsidies for solar and wind energy facilities, citing their unreliability and dependence on foreign-controlled supply chains. In his order,
Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren, one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, is teaming up with Montana Republican Tim Sheehy, one of the upper chamber’s most conservative, to advance a new Pentagon policy that has earned support from top Trump administration officials. Warren and Sheehy are introducing legislation on Tuesday that would give
Ground personnel unload weapons, including Javelin anti-tank missiles, and other military hardware delivered on a National Airlines plane by the United States military at Boryspil Airport near Kyiv in Boryspil, Ukraine, on Jan. 25, 2022. Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Pentagon announced on Monday night that it is sending more defensive weapons to Ukraine amid the
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) hands over a letter to President Donald Trump as they meet in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a letter nominating the president for the Nobel Peace Prize during
The Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis on June 24, 2022. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Planned Parenthood’s national organization sued on July 7 to block a provision in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act that temporarily prevents its affiliated clinics from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. The statute does not mention Planned
An assortment of silencers are displayed in a case at Lawful Defense in Gainesville, Fla., on April 19, 2023. Nanette Holt/The Epoch Times Gun rights organizations sued the government on July 4 to have the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 declared an unconstitutional gun registry for silencers, short-barreled shotguns, and short-barreled rifles. According to