Attorney General William Tong

@agwilliamtong.bsky.social

Connecticut Attorney General, dad, fly fisher. Love food, especially local food.

A federal judge has once again stepped in to stop the Trump administration from withholding millions in critical mental health services to children, even though these grants have already been approved by Congress. Trump has no authority to hold them hostage for his own political agenda.

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The court rejected another radical challenge to dismantle Connecticut’s gun safety laws and affirmed what we’ve argued from the start. These age restrictions are constitutional and they save lives. We will continue to fight the reckless attempts to weaken Connecticut’s gun safety protections.

Connecticut experienced poor air quality recently, reminding us how important clean air is. That's why today's court victory requiring the EPA to implement stronger soot pollution standards is critical. We sued to force the EPA to do its job, and we're going to say on them until it gets done.

Big win today. A federal judge temporarily halted the proposed Warner Bros. and Paramount merger while our lawsuit proceeds. This is a critical victory for consumers, for objective and independent journalism, and for the workers, actors, artists and fans of our country's film and tv industry.

Big win for Connecticut voters. A federal judge dismissed the Trump admin’s lawsuit seeking to force CT to hand over its statewide voter registration list. This was an illegal attempt to disenfranchise Connecticut voters and today, the court shut it down.

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As of July 1, CT consumers have stronger rights when it comes to canceling subscriptions and memberships. Businesses don't get to profit by trapping consumers in subscriptions they no longer want. We’ll enforce the law against companies that don’t comply.

Eversource wants PURA to approve another rate hike that would increase the average residential electric bill by 18%. I’ve fought to block $700 million in requested rate hikes from gas, electric, and water companies owned by both Eversource and United Illuminating. We’re going to continue that work.

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Today, we announced a settlement holding 23andMe accountable for its 2023 data breach. 23andMe collected sensitive genetic data and they failed to safeguard it. We led the country in investigating and were actively involved at every step of this bankruptcy proceeding.

For the second time in one week, we are back in court, facing off against a President refusing to release Connecticut funds. On Tuesday, it was homelessness funding. Now, it's $3 million for mental health support for Connecticut kids— funding that the court has already ordered must be released.

I joined a coalition of AGs to sue to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. This merger will create a media behemoth capable of controlling the film/tv industry. States are once again filling the antitrust enforcement void left by the Trump DOJ.

I joined a coalition of AGs urging the US Trade Representative to abandon its latest unlawful tariff proposal. We sued and stopped Trump's illegal tariffs twice. He's back with another illegal, irrational attempt to jack up costs for Americans to fund his ballrooms and tax breaks for billionaires.

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Today, we secured a $45 million settlement with Block Inc., the company that owns Cash App. This settlement delivers $1.5 million to Connecticut while forcing major reforms on the platform, including real customer support, transparency and honest communication with users, and security commitments.

Effective July 1, CT has stronger protections for children online. Big Tech has treated our kids like social media cash cows and now we're taking matters into our own hands. CT has one of the strongest data privacy laws on the books, and we’ll use every inch of our authority to protect our kids.

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Our assault weapon ban is lawful, lifesaving and broadly supported. The gun lobby has flooded the courts in states across the country to get an assault weapons case up to this Supreme Court.We’re going to fight to keep these weapons of war off our streets, out of schools, and away from our families.

Today is not just a legal victory. Today is a second ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, on the 250th anniversary of our nation’s birth, by which we affirm as a people the essential character of our nation built by the sacrifice, ambition, and unyielding labor of immigrant hands.

2 wins in 2 days. Today, a federal court blocked another unlawful executive order, stopping President Trump’s attempt to interfere with states’ authority to administer elections. Yesterday, a judge blocked another election executive order. These are critical wins heading into the November elections.

We pushed for stronger safeguards against the illegal sale of bootleg vapes and Shopify answered the call by banning the sale of all e-cigarette and vaping products on its platform. Illegally imported bootleg vapes are untested and unsafe, and I welcome Shopify’s decision.

A court has blocked key provisions of an exec order forcing states to impose new proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration while threatening fed funding for states that refused to comply. This was a blatantly unconstitutional effort by Trump to unlawfully commandeer state elections.

Thank you to CNN and Laura Coates for having me on last night to discuss birthright citizenship as we await the Supreme Court’s ruling. The Constitution is clear. If you are born in American soil, you are an American. This is my story and the story of millions of Americans.