{"id":2457563,"date":"2025-07-09T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-celebrates-irs-allowing-churches-to-endorse-political-candidates-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:06:34","slug":"trump-celebrates-irs-allowing-churches-to-endorse-political-candidates-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-celebrates-irs-allowing-churches-to-endorse-political-candidates-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump celebrates IRS allowing churches to endorse political candidates &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-celebrates-irs-allowing-churches-to-endorse-political-candidates-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2457563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The IRS has lifted a decades-old ban that prohibited churches from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irs-lifts-ban-on-churches-endorsing-political-candidates\/\" title=\"... lifts ban on churches endorsing ...s\">endorsing political candidates<\/a>, following a lawsuit filed by two Texas churches and a Christian broadcasters&#8217; association. This change permits religious organizations to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >publicly support political hopefuls<\/a> without jeopardizing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leah-remini-says-her-16-year-old-daughter-keeps-her-woke\/\" title=\"Leah Remini Says Her 16-Year-Old Daughter Keeps Her \u2018Woke\u2019\">tax-exempt status<\/a>. President Donald Trump praised the decision, expressing support for allowing people of faith to &#8220;speak up&#8221; and endorse candidates. Trump had previously attempted to end the ban during his first term and welcomed the IRS&#8217;s reversal, viewing it as a positive step for religious voices in politics. The IRS now regards such endorsements as private expressions rather than official campaigning.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump celebrates IRS allowing churches to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-candidate-for-va-governor-will-not-personally-attend-state-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Republican Candidate For VA Governor Will Not Personally Attend State March for Life\">endorse political candidates<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2170209\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> praised the IRS decision permitting churches to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/endorsements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">endorse political<\/a> candidates, saying it allows them to &ldquo;speak up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I love the fact that churches could endorse a political candidate,&rdquo; Trump said on Wednesday at the White House. &ldquo;If somebody of faith wants to endorse, I think it&rsquo;s something that I&rsquo;d like to hear.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3466801\/african-leaders-charm-trump-nobel-peace-prize\/\">African leaders seek to charm Trump with talk of Nobel Peace Prize<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3466854\/trump-stupid-ice-attackers-left-wing-money\/\">&#8216;Stupid people&#8217; who attacked ICE agents are backed by left-wing money: Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3466649\/trump-tariffs-letters-announcing-tariffs-moldova-iraq-libya-philippines\/\">Trump sends new round of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greece-to-halt-all-asylum-hearings-for-migrants-from-north-africa\/\" title=\"Greece to halt all asylum hearings for migrants from North Africa\">letters announcing tariffs<\/a> on seven nations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The&nbsp;IRS&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3465197\/irs-lifts-ban-churches-endorsing-political-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said earlier this week\">said earlier this week<\/a> that religious places of worship could endorse political hopefuls, undoing a decades-old ban on campaigning by tax-exempt groups.<\/p>\n<p>The agency lifted the ban in a court<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.txed.232590\/gov.uscourts.txed.232590.35.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;filing<\/a>&nbsp;to settle a lawsuit from two churches in Texas and an association of Christian broadcasters. <\/p>\n<p>The IRS and the plaintiffs asked a federal judge to order the Trump administration and future presidential administrations not to enforce the ban on political endorsements against the groups that sued, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/07\/us\/politics\/irs-churches-politics-endorse-candidates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, which reported the filing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In court filings, the agency said it would not view political endorsements as campaigning but more so a private affair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3465918\/dollar-dropped-steadily-defying-trump-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ninety deals in 90 days: The dollar has dropped steadily, defying Trump tariffs\">Ninety deals in 90 days: The dollar has dropped steadily, defying Trump tariffs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump, who scores well with evangelical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">voters<\/a>, unsuccessfully tried to end the ban during his first term, and was thrilled with the news that it is now gone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those people were not allowed to speak up. Now they&rsquo;re allowed to speak up,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s terrific.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2170209\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2170209\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump praises IRS decision letting churches endorse candidates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2457564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trump-church-IRS-endorsement.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[11263,8362,39035,3634],"class_list":["post-2457563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-churches","tag-irs","tag-political-endorsement","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trump-church-IRS-endorsement.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457567,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457563\/revisions\/2457567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}