Attorney General Jennings secures court order protecting SNAP benefits
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings 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: “It is shameful that, yet again, we’ve had to force the Trump Administration to simply follow the law and […]
DOJ secures convictions for two men associated with the murder of Shiheem Durham
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
On December 12, 2025 Jason Calhum and Khalil Dixon were convicted of multiple charges including Murder First Degree in New Castle County Superior Court in connection with the killing of Shiheem Durham. Jason Calhum, 24, of Middletown, Delaware was convicted of Murder First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Conspiracy First Degree, Money […]
AG Jennings, colleagues announce multistate anti-theft settlement with Hyundai and Kia
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Vulnerability drove nearly 300% spike in auto thefts; automakers to offer free hardware fix Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced today that a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general, led in part by Delaware, has reached a settlement with automobile manufacturers Hyundai and Kia for their sale of millions of vehicles that lacked industry-standard, anti-theft technology. […]
AG Jennings sues Trump to block exorbitant H-1B visa fees
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 12, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today joined a coalition of 19 states suing the Trump Administration over an unlawful policy imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions. The H-1B visa program, created by bipartisan Congressional majorities and signed into law by George H.W. Bush, alleviates nationwide labor shortages by allowing employers to hire highly […]
AG Jennings secures court victory preventing Trump administration from halting federal wind energy permitting
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings and a coalition of 18 attorneys general have won their lawsuit against the Trump Administration over its unlawful order to freeze all federal permitting of wind energy projects. In May, the coalition filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to indefinitely halt all federal approvals necessary for the development […]
