AG Jennings wins preliminary injunction against Trump’s illegal attempts to defund Head Start and other programs
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 19, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings has announced a major victory against the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempt to defund Head Start and other programs in Delaware. On Wednesday, September 10, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island entered a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration, blocking them from implementing rule changes to the […]
Jennings, AGs beat Trump in Americorps fight
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 29, 2025
Lawsuit prevented $184 million in cuts to AmeriCorps programs Attorney General Kathy Jennings and a coalition of her colleagues have prevailed in preserving funding for AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has agreed to release over $184 million in funding that AmeriCorps plans to award […]
Attorney General Jennings co-leads multistate lawsuit against Trump’s illegal attacks on crime victim assistance funds
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, August 18, 2025
$15 million at stake for Delaware survivors, families, shelters, and service providers Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that she is co-leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over the illegal imposition of conditions on congressionally-authorized Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grants. The Trump Administration has illegally declared that states will be […]
Delaware sues to protect Head Start and other programs from illegal Trump cuts
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined a suit against the Trump Administration to stop an unlawful attempt to defund Head Start and other education programs in Delaware communities. “We have never had to fight so hard to defend children—in this case some of Delaware’s most vulnerable—from their own president,” said Attorney General Jennings. “Threatening to defund […]
AG Jennings sues to block unlawful attacks on medically necessary health care for transgender youth
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Friday, August 1 sued to block the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict access to medically necessary care for transgender youth. The lawsuit asks a federal court to protect access to care in the wake of the Trump administration’s efforts to deter doctors and hospitals from offering medically appropriate care to […]
