News & Updates
HEADS UP: Child Support Services Office Opens at 1:00pm on Dec. 6
OAG’s Child Support Services Division (CSSD) will be closed on Thursday morning, December 6 and will resume normal operations at 1:00pm.
Emoluments Lawsuit Update: Making History and What’s Next
As part of AG Racine’s work to protect public integrity, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) scored another major win this month when a federal court denied President Trump’s effort to block the emoluments lawsuit brought by the District of Columbia and Maryland.
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.
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.
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.
Protecting Detained Immigrant Children
Earlier this summer, the Trump administration put forth a policy of separating families crossing the nation’s southern border.
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.
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.
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.
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…