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• 2/13/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues to Stop Elon Musk's Unconstitutional Power Grab

  Attorney General William Tong and thirteen other attorneys general today filed a new lawsuit challenging the unlawful delegation of executive power to Elon Musk.

• 2/11/2025 Connecticut Files Statement of Interest in Prospect Medical Holdings Bankruptcy

  In a statement of interest filed this week in the ongoing bankruptcy proceeding for Prospect Medical Holdings, the State of Connecticut outlined the most detailed claims to date regarding Prospect’s harm to the state, making it clear that Connecticut expects to have a full seat at the table in ensuring the transition of Prospect’s hospitals in the state to a responsible new owner, and in protecting and asserting Connecticut’s claims for relief based on Prospect’s prior misconduct.

• 2/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Legislation to Combat Youth Social Media Addiction

  Attorney General William Tong announced he is seeking state legislation to prohibit social media companies from exposing minors to harmful and addictive algorithms and notifications without parental consent.

• 2/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues to Stop Trump from Defunding Lifesaving Medical Research, Including $35 Million for UConn

  Attorney General William Tong and 21 other attorneys general today sued the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for unlawfully cutting funds that support cutting-edge, lifesaving medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country.

• 2/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Legislation to Combat Shrinkflation, Price Gouging

  Attorney General William Tong today urged lawmakers to back legislation proposed by the Office of the Attorney General to combat “shrinkflation” and price gouging contributing to unaffordable grocery bills for Connecticut families.

• 2/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Enforcement of Temporary Restraining Order in Funding Freeze Challenge

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement after a federal judge in Rhode Island granted the states’ motion for enforcement of the temporary restraining order in the funding freeze challenge.

• 2/9/2025 Attorney General Tong Stands with Federal Workers in "Fork in the Road" Federal Buyout Challenge

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general, standing with the nation’s federal employees in a challenge to the Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan.

• 2/8/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Temporary Restraining Order Blocking DOGE Access to Confidential Records, Sensitive Data and Critical Payment Systems

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the temporary restraining order granted early this morning blocking “political appointees, special government employees, and any government employee detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department access to Treasury Department payment systems or any other data maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information.”

• 2/7/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues President Trump and Secretary of Treasury to Block DOGE Access to Confidential Records, Sensitive Data and Critical Payment Systems

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general suing President Donald Trump, the U.S. Treasury and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to stop the unauthorized disclosure of Americans’ private information and sensitive data. The lawsuit asserts that the Trump Administration illegally provided Elon Musk and the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” unauthorized access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system, and therefore to Americans’ most sensitive personal information, including bank account details and Social Security numbers.

• 2/7/2025 Trump Administration Not Complying With Court Order to Unfreeze Federal Funding, Attorney General Tong Seeks to Enforce Temporary Restraining Order

  Citing evidence that the Trump Administration is continuing to block state funding out of compliance with the court order secured by Attorney General William Tong and 22 other state attorneys general, the coalition of states this afternoon filed a motion to enforce and a motion for preliminary injunction in NY v. Trump.

• 2/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Demands Refunds for Optimum Customers Facing MSG Blackouts

  Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, New York Attorney General Letitia James and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin today took action to secure automatic refunds for customers of Altice USA (Altice), the owner of Optimum, who have been denied access to MSG Networks (MSG) cable channels as a result of Optimum’s blackouts.

• 2/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Releases Statement on DOGE Access to Sensitive Personal Information

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in releasing the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury granting Elon Musk and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) staffers access to sensitive payment systems containing Americans’ personally identifiable information.

• 2/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement in Response to U.S. Department of Justice Threat to Defund Police

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the directive issued by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to “pause the distribution of all funds” to jurisdictions who do not let the federal government unlawfully commandeer local law enforcement resources for federal immigration enforcement.

• 2/5/2025 Attorney General Tong and 14 Other Attorneys General Issue Joint Statement on Protecting Access to Gender-Affirming Care

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 14 other attorneys general to reaffirm their commitment to protecting access to gender-affirming care in the face of the Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order.

• 2/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Trump Executive Order Threatening to Defund Schools Who Do Not Discriminate Against Transgender Athletes

  Attorney General Tong issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order threatening to defund schools to who do not discriminate against transgender athletes.