FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 18 -- Americans for Limited Government issued the following statement by President Rick Manning praising President Trump for ending California's waiver to make its own regs on fuel economy standards: "Former President Barack Obama put in place unreachable fuel economy standards through a regulation designed by many of the same people who support the Green New Deal. The Trump administration is wise to review the pie in the sky Obama limits with a view towards consumer sa  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: In 2017 and 2018, Democrats won by historic margins by mobilizing thousands of people across the Commonwealth. This year is looking no different. A new look at voter enthusiasm from the Washington Post makes the difference between Democratic and Republican enthusiasm strikingly clear. In the Richmond area alone, 258 people volunteered for Democratic candidates in August, compared to 142 people duri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Gallup, a research-based, global performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: * * * - Ties Party Polarization Record - Approval Back Above 40% After Dipping to 39% In Prior Poll * * * President Donald Trump's job approval rating is 43% in the latest Gallup poll, back above 40% after falling below that mark in the late August survey. His current rating nearly matches his 42% average for 2019 to date, ranging from 37% during the government shut  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * - Corporations Received More Than $2.3 Billion in Federal Contracts in 2018 * * * Ten major contractors to federal agencies that run immigration and correction systems have seen their government contracts double since 2013 due to a crackdown on undocumented immigrants under the Trump and Obama administrations, according to a new Public Citizen report. The 10 large contracting firms analyzed in the report work fo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: Lynda Garcia, policing campaign director at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, will testify today before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary's oversight hearing on policing practices. Garcia's testimony underscores the importance of public safety for all communities and emphasizes the critical need to implement transformative policing practices to increase accou  more