Trump administration plans religious liberty executive action

Published May 4, 2017 1:09am ET



President Trump will sign an executive action on Thursday aimed at removing regulations that apply to religious organizations, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

“It declares that it is a policy of the administration … to protect and vigorously promote religious liberty,” the senior administration official said. “It directs the IRS to exercise the maximum enforcement discretion to alleviate the burden of the Johnson Amendment.”

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