Posts Tagged ‘Trump Administration’
AG Jennings Secures Second Court Order Blocking Trump Administration’s Demands for Personal Data of SNAP Applicants and Recipients
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings is celebrating a decision from the US District Court for the Northern District of California which has once again blocked the Trump Administration’s demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of SNAP applicants and recipients. Earlier this year a coalition filed against the Trump Administration alleging…
Read MoreStatements Issued After Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Administration Wind Permit Freeze
A coalition of 18 attorneys general, led by Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, won a lawsuit overturning the Trump Administration’s January freeze on all federal permitting for wind energy projects. On December 7th, a federal judge in Massachusetts vacated the freeze, calling it arbitrary, capricious, and unlawful. The coalition argued the halt disrupted states’ energy…
Read MoreDelaware Blocks Illegal Cuts to Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings has successfully blocked the Trump Administration from defunding teen reproductive and sexual health education programs over language that affirms all young peoples’ gender identities. The lawsuit was filed by AG’s from 16 states and the District of Columbia and sued the US Department of Health and Human Services in September…
Read MoreDE AG Kathy Jennings Files Brief Supporting Offshore Wind Project
Attorney General Kathy Jennings has filed a brief challenging the abrupt cancellation of a “fully permitted offshore wind power project.” Jennings says the US Wind project would bring cheaper and cleaner energy to Delawareans. In October of last year, US Wind was approved to construct an offshore wind power turbine project off the coast of…
Read MoreMD AG Brown Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Suspending SNAP Benefits
As SNAP benefits run out at the end of this month, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors in filing a lawsuit against the USDA and Secretary Brooke Rollins for unlawfully suspending the SNAP benefits – which help over 40-million Americans buy food – due…
Read MoreNo Kings Protests Saturday Around Delmarva
No Kings protests are taking place Saturday in several locations in Delaware and Maryland. These are non-confrontational protests against what the organizers describe as authoritarian policies of Donald Trump and corruption in his administration. This is at least the second round of No Kings protests – with similar protests occurring in mid-June nationwide – as…
Read MoreDE Senate Republicans Support Trump Administration Intent to Withdraw Federal Approval for US Wind Project off Ocean City & Delaware
The Trump Administration’s intent to withdraw federal approval for US Wind’s proposed offshore wind farm off the coast of Ocean City is supported by the Delaware Senate Republican Caucus. Senator Gerald Hocker says the decision reflects concerns that have been voiced by the coastal communities – about both the economy and the environment. Hocker is…
Read MoreDelaware Sues to Protect Head Start & Other Programs from Illegal Trump Cuts
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings has joined a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to stop an unlawful attempt to defund Head Start and other education programs in Delaware communities. Altogether, the services in Delaware impacted by these cuts comprise more than $11-million in federal grants, support more than 250 education programs, and serve more than…
Read MoreAG Jennings Joins in Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Medicaid Funding Restrictions for Planned Parenthood
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined a coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit challenging a provision in the recently signed federal budget reconciliation law, known as the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The lawsuit targets the “Defund Provision,” which prohibits Medicaid reimbursements for services provided at Planned Parenthood health centers.…
Read MoreJulianne Murray Appointed as Next US Attorney for District of Delaware
President Trump has been appointed Julianne Murray as the new US Attorney for the District of Delaware. That order was signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi – Murray is scheduled to be sworn-in on July 14th. She will take over the office held by David Weiss, who resigned in January. Murray is a well-known figure…
Read MoreVIDEO: AG Jennings Sues Trump Administration to Prevent Efforts to Distribute Thousands of Machine Gun Devices Across Country
Zoom meeting with New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, DE AG Kathy Jennings and MD AG Anthony Brown.  Comments from Attorney General Kathy Jennings begin at 9:42.  A coalition of 16 Attorneys General are suing the Trump Administration, and in particular the ATF, over its plans to distribute Forced Reset Triggers (FRT) to communities throughout…
Read MoreMd. House Republicans To AG Frosh: Consider Suing Biden Administration
Protect Marylanders, is the essence of a message from the Maryland House of Delegates Republican Caucus to Democratic Attorney General Brian Frosh. In a letter, the GOP Caucus urges Frosh, a Democrat who is not seeking reelection this year, to utilize power granted under the Maryland Defense Act of 2017 to curb practices and policies…
Read MoreGovernor Hogan questions Trump Administration’s coronavirus response, calls their messaging “confusing”
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan questioned the Trump Administration’s plans to reopen the country in the coming weeks, citing mixed messaging that he called confusing and said doesn’t match what officials are doing across the nation to combat the spread of coronavirus. Appearing on CNN’s New Day, Governor Hogan said the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is not…
Read MoreGov Carney Tells Trump Administration DE Will Continue to Accept Resettlement of Refugees
Governor John Carney has sent a letter to the Trump Administration accepting resettlement of refugees in the First State. In his letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Governor said that the country has historically been a refuge of safe harbor for people fleeing war-torn countries and in that spirit Delaware is proud…
Read MoreCarper: Automakers can no longer stay ‘stuck in neutral’ citing pollution from cars, trucks & vans
Delaware’s Senior U.S. Senator Tom Carper is speaking out after the Trump Administration moved to revoke the State of California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to set and enforce its own fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards. “To those auto companies that remain silent today, I’ll say this: it’s no longer an option…
Read MoreDelaware joins multistate lawsuit suing Trump Administration over treatment of immigrant children
Delaware has joined over a dozen other states as part of another lawsuit against the Trump Administration. State Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that she is joining a lawsuit opposing the Trump Administration’s new rule circumventing the Flores Settlement Agreement, which has governed the treatment of children in immigration custody since 1997. In the…
Read More30,000 Temporary Migrant Workers for Maryland’s Crab Industry Receive Approval
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Representative Andy Harris of the 1st District are reacting after the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Labor granted 30,000 temporary migrant work visas for Maryland’s crab industry. In the final rule issued today, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta said they decided that…
Read MoreGovernors Hogan, Carney and Others Urge Federal Lawmakers to Restore Chesapeake Bay Funding
In a letter addressed to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House Appropriations Committees, a number of leaders with interest in the Chesapeake Bay requested further funding, and millions were slashed by the Trump administration. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Commission Tawanna Gaines, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf,…
Read MoreMaryland Seafood Industry Will Recieve H2-B Workers This Season
—————————————————————-The Trump administration is set to allocate an additional 30,000 H-2B visas this year, positive news for Maryland’s seafood industry. Waterman and seafood companies depend on seasonal migrant workers who legally, temporarily visit the United States to pick crab meat, and then return home to Central and South American countries. Maryland U.S. Senator Chris Van…
Read MoreNew EPA Rules Announced Today – Some MD & DE Officials Not Happy
The Trump administration announced new plans today to roll back and replace Obama-era regulations on emissions from coal-fired power plants – a move praised by the coal industry as a job saver but panned by critics as a green-light to polluters.   The EPA has been working to overhaul the program with the Affordable Clean Energy…
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