The sign outside the IRS building in Washington on May 4, 2021. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File The IRS on July 7 outlined an exception to a decades-old rule, the Johnson Amendment, which had banned tax-exempt religious organizations from campaigning for political candidates. In a court filing regarding a lawsuit against the government by two Texas
Washington — Independent Dan Osborn announced another bid to represent Nebraska in the Senate on Tuesday, challenging GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts after his loss in an unexpectedly competitive race against a Republican incumbent last year. “There’s nobody like us in the United States Senate,” Osborn said in a campaign video announcing the bid Tuesday, touting
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on June 5, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on July 7 extending the federal hiring freeze until Oct. 15, while maintaining exemptions for positions related to the armed forces and public safety. Trump initially imposed a hiring freeze in
The Trump administration is using the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to detain dozens of foreigners from 26 countries and six different continents, including detainees with serious criminal convictions, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. CBS News reported last week that, as part of an expansion of the Trump administration’s effort to turn
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