On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention.

The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader. It banned all tax-exempt organizations like churches and charities from ...