News & Updates

Working to Reunite Detained Migrant Children with Family and Loved Ones

Today, AG Racine and several states called on the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to stop this harmful and unnecessary policy.

Topics: Immigration

Fighting for Renewable Energy that Curbs Climate Change

In the last 90 years, nuisance flooding along the Potomac and Anacostia riverfronts has increased 300 percent because of sea level rise, due in part to global warming.

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AG Racine Leads 13-State Coalition Fighting Trump's Attempt to Block State Law That Protects All Residents, Regardless of Immigration Status

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 13 state attorneys general to defend a California law that limits when and how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Topics: Immigration

Protecting Detained Immigrant Children

Earlier this summer, the Trump administration put forth a policy of separating families crossing the nation’s southern border. 

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AG Racine Statement On Federal Court Ruling Denying President Trump Request To Block Emoluments Lawsuit

 Attorney General Karl A. Racine issued a statement on today’s favorable federal court ruling in the lawsuit brought by the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland seeking to stop President Trump from violating the Constitution’s anti-corruption provisions.

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AG Racine Leads 16-State Coalition Supporting New Jersey's Ban on Large-Capacity Magazines

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 16 state attorneys general to defend New Jersey’s ban on large-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Topics: Public Safety

Demanding that Betsy DeVos Grant Relief to Thousands of Eligible Student Borrowers

This week, Attorney General Racine and a coalition of 20 states called on U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos to help student borrowers who attended schools that abruptly closed have their loans discharged.

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AG Racine Recovers $15K in Stolen Wages for DC Cell Phone Store Workers

Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that his office has reached a settlement with Briggs Chaney Wireless, Inc., a company that operated two MetroPCS cell phone stores in the District, to resolve claims that the company failed to pay workers the District’s minimum wage for nearly a…

Topics: Worker Rights

Get a FREE Ride Home this Halloween

Here are tips to help make sure you and others are safe on the roads this Halloween.

Topics: Public Safety