2025 Press Releases
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12/9/2025
Attorney General Tong Begins Term as President of the National Association of Attorneys General
Attorney General William Tong today began his term as President of the National Association of Attorneys General following a unanimous vote by all attorneys general, Democrat and Republican.
- 12/30/2025 A Message from Attorney General William Tong: 2025 A Year in Review
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9/10/2025
Attorney General Tong Secures Preliminary Injunction Preserving Access to Key Social Services
Attorney General William Tong today secured a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to gut essential health, education, and social service programs for low-income families.
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10/23/2025
Attorney General Tong Secures Settlement with Online Clothing Retailer Regarding Deceptive Advertising and Billing Practices
ttorney General William Tong today announced a $1 million multistate settlement with TFG Holding, Inc., an online clothing retailer that offers shoes, clothing, and accessories across several different brands, including JustFab, ShoeDazzle, and FabKids.
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10/3/2025
Attorney General Tong Statement on First Circuit Decision Upholding Nationwide Injunction in Birthright Citizenship Case
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a nationwide injunction preventing President Trump’s unconstitutional birthright citizenship executive order.
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12/15/2025
Attorney General Tong Secures Court Order Protecting SNAP Benefits
Attorney General William Tong today released the following statement after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to penalize states with millions of dollars in fines related to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) operations.
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11/4/2025
Attorney General Tong Secures Final Ruling Blocking Illegal Conditioning of Transportation Grant Funding
Attorney General William Tong today secured a permanent injunction from the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island blocking the Trump Administration’s effort to unlawfully impose immigration enforcement requirements on billions of dollars in annual U.S. Department of Transportation grants.
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10/15/2025
Attorney General Tong: Department of Education’s Data Collection Proposal is Thinly-Veiled Pretense to Attack Lawful DEI Efforts
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing the Trump Administration’s proposal to require colleges and universities to submit data linking race to admissions, financial aid, and student performance.
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10/29/2025
Attorney General Tong Leads 38 Attorneys General Urging Congress to Prevent the Sale of Dangerous and Intoxicating Hemp-Derived THC Products
Attorney General William Tong, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to clarify the definition of “hemp,” which bad actors have exploited due to a perceived loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill.
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8/22/2025
Attorney General Tong Announces Court Approval of $150,000 False Claims Settlement With Dentist Over Prohibited Patient Recruiting Fees
Attorney General William Tong today announced a $150,000 false claims settlement with Norwalk dentist Nazneen Jaffri, DDS (“Jaffri”) resolving allegations that she violated state and federal False Claims Act statutes through prohibited fees paid to a “patient recruiting” company. Also today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut issued judgment against Jaffri for the outstanding balance of the $150,000 settlement.
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9/30/2025
Attorney General Tong Files Emergency Lawsuit to Protect Critical Homeland Security Funding from Politically Motivated Cuts
Attorney General William Tong, as part of a coalition of 12 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from unlawfully reallocating and constraining federal homeland security funding from states based on their compliance with the administration’s political agenda.
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12/9/2025
Attorney General Tong Secures Court Victory Preventing Trump Administration from Halting Federal Wind Energy Permitting
Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 18 attorneys general on Monday won their lawsuit blocking the Trump Administration’s unlawful order to freeze all federal permitting of wind energy projects, the latest legal victory against Trump’s arbitrary attacks on affordable, renewable energy.
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12/11/2025
Attorney General Tong Secures Court Victory Preventing Trump Administration From Unlawfully Cutting Billions in Disaster Preparedness Funding
Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 20 states today won a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over its unlawful attempt to shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) bipartisan Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, designed to protect communities from natural disasters before they strike.
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12/22/2025
Attorney General Tong Announces Court Order to Unwind Trump Administration Unlawful Cancellation of School Mental Health Grants
Attorney General William Tong announced today that a federal judge found that the U.S. Department of Education acted unlawfully by abruptly discontinuing previously approved grants to fund mental health professionals in K-12 schools following a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Tong and 15 other attorneys general.
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9/26/2025
Connecticut Joins FTC to Stop Deceptive Cancer Charity Fundraising Scheme
Attorney General William Tong today joined the Federal Trade Commission and 22 agencies from 19 states announcing a settlement to stop a deceptive charity fundraising scheme and its operators who made false or deceptive claims to U.S. donors.
