Meyer, Jennings secure major win as Department of Education restores previously withheld funding
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings and Gov. Matt Meyer today responded to official confirmation that the U.S. Department of Education has released previously withheld education funding to Delaware. Attorney General Jennings joined a coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s abrupt and unlawful decision to freeze this funding earlier this month. “The Trump […]
AG Jennings sues Trump Administration for blocking Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings this week joined a coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump Administration over the sweeping budget reconciliation law (“Big Beautiful Bill”), specifically the “Defund Provision,” signed by President Donald Trump this month. This provision, which targets Planned Parenthood, is a direct attack on the […]
AG Jennings challenges Trump Administration’s withholding of funds from AmeriCorps
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, July 28, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings Thursday co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general – joined by the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania – in filing an amended complaint in their lawsuit to prevent the dismantling of AmeriCorps. In their new pleading, Jennings and the coalition challenge the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) attempt […]
AG Jennings Secures over $96K Settlement Following HIV Drug Kickback Investigation
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced on July 16, 2025, that Delaware has joined with other states and the federal government to reach an agreement in principle with an HIV drug manufacturer that will return $96,571.13 to Delaware’s Medicaid program. Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Gilead”), a California-based pharmaceutical company, has agreed to settle allegations that the […]
Attorney General Jennings sues Trump for freezing $6.8 billion in education grants weeks before school year start
Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, July 14, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings today joined a coalition of 25 states in suing the Trump Administration over its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze funding for six longstanding programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education. Without this funding, many educational programs will shutter; ongoing summer learning programs have already been left unfunded. […]
