Delaware successfully blocks illegal cuts to comprehensive sexual health education
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on October 27, 2025 blocking the Trump administration from defunding teen reproductive and sexual health education programs over language that affirms all young peoples’ gender identities. The ruling is the latest in a lawsuit filed by 16 states and the District of Columbia, including Delaware. The states sued […]
DOJ secures life prison sentences for 2022 murder, carjackings
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
A New Castle woman has been sentenced for her role in a fatal March 2022 crime spree. On October 24, 2025, Brittallia Semaan, 34, was sentenced to a total of 2 life sentences plus 45 years in prison. Semaan had previously been indicted and found Guilty but Mentally Ill on 31 charges, including Murder First […]
AG Jennings files brief supporting offshore wind project
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Division of the Public Advocate | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief challenging the abrupt cancellation of a fully permitted offshore wind power project that would have delivered cheaper and cleaner energy to Delawareans. In October 2024, U.S. Wind was approved to construct an offshore wind power turbine project off of the coast […]
AG Jennings sues Trump Administration for illegally suspending SNAP benefits
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors today in filing a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Secretary Brooke Rollins for unlawfully suspending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps more than 40 million Americans buy food, due to the ongoing […]
State Trooper indicted on felony Misconduct charges
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
A Delaware State Trooper has been indicted for multiple charges including felony Official Misconduct, Assault, and False Reporting after lying about an incident in Lewes, Delaware earlier this year. On October 27, Master Corporal William Walker, 53, was indicted and charged with two counts of felony Official Misconduct and misdemeanor charges of Falsely Reporting an […]
