2025 Press Releases

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• 1/29/2025 Attorney General Tong Reminds Consumers of Their Right to Opt Out of the Sale of Their Personal Information

  Attorney General William Tong today reminded Connecticut residents of their right to stop or "opt-out" of the sale and sharing of their personal information under the Connecticut Data privacy Act.

• 6/11/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan Coalition Urging Meta to Protect Users from Fraudulent Investment Ads

  Attorney General William Tong today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general in calling on Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) to protect people from fraudulent investment ads appearing on Facebook.

• 6/23/2025 Attorney General Tong Supports Lawsuits Challenging Public Media Funding Cuts

  Attorney General William Tong has filed a court brief along with 22 other attorneys general in support of two lawsuits brought by National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service that seek to block proposed funding cuts to their organizations and local affiliates.

• 3/26/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Lawless Trump Election Order

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to the executive order issued last night by President Donald Trump seeking to illegally defund states who do not comply with his list of voter suppression measures.

• 5/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Implementation of President Trump's Unlawful Elections Executive Order

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the Trump Administration from implementing Executive Order No. 14248 (Executive Order), an unconstitutional, antidemocratic, and un-American attempt to impose sweeping voting restrictions across the country.

• 6/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Assassination of Minnesota State Legislator

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the attacks on State Senator John A. Hoffman and his wife Yvette outside Minneapolis.

• 2/27/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Bomb Threat Targeting Senator Harding and His Family

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the bomb threat targeting State Sen. Stephen Harding and his family.

• 6/12/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins 21-State Coalition Filing Amicus Brief Opposing Trump's Military Deployment in California

  Attorney General William Tong today filed an amicus brief with leaders from 21 states supporting California’s request for a court order blocking the president’s unlawful federalization and deployment of that state’s National Guard.

• 6/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Brief Opposing Unlawful Termination of Job Corps

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in support of Job Corps, a national program that offers career training and housing to young Americans from low-income backgrounds.

• 3/3/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Norwalk Mayor Rilling

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the announcement by Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling that he will not seek reelection.

• 2/20/2025 Attorney General Tong Calls for Federal Action Against Counterfeit Weight Loss Drug Makers

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration take swift action against bad actors endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of the weight loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic, and Wegovy (GLP-1 drugs).

• 7/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Nationwide Injunction in Birthright Citizenship Case

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after the District Court of Massachusetts reaffirmed a nationwide injunction preventing President Trump’s unconstitutional birthright citizenship executive order from taking effect.

• 2/20/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition to Defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general warning against efforts by the Trump administration and Elon Musk to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

• 6/24/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on the Passing of Mark Davis

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on the passing of former WTNH Chief Capitol Correspondent Mark Davis.

• 1/7/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces States, Justice Department Sue Six Large Landlords for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American Renters

  Attorney General William Tong today joined the U.S. Department of Justice and nine other states filing an amended complaint in its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, suing six of the nation’s largest landlords for participating in algorithmic pricing schemes that harmed renters.