Federal Actions Response News Releases

As the chief legal officer of Maryland, Attorney General Brown is committed to protecting the rights, safety, and well-being of all Marylanders. During President Trump's administration, a series of executive orders and policy changes have threatened the fundamental rights of our residents. This page provides access to press releases detailing the actions taken by Attorney General Brown to challenge these unlawful and harmful measures. Through these efforts, we will uphold justice and equity for all.

11/12/2025	Attorney General Brown Opposes Trump Administration’s Efforts to Dramatically Expand Expedited Deportations Without Due Process
11/7/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Amicus Brief Opposing Trump Administration’s Attempt to Withhold Full SNAP Benefits
11/6/2025	Attorney General Brown and Prince George’s County Sue Trump Administration to Stop Unlawful Diversion of FBI Headquarters Project from Maryland
11/4/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Terms to FEMA Grants
11/3/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues U.S. Department of Education to Block Public Service Loan Forgiveness Restrictions
10/31/2025	Statement from Attorney General Brown on the Court’s Ruling Against the Trump Administration’s Unlawful Suspension of SNAP
10/29/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Brief Defending Major Offshore Wind Project in Maryland Against Trump Administration Challenge
10/28/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Suspending SNAP Benefit
10/28/2025	Attorney General Brown and Coalition Win Preliminary Injunction Blocking Federal Cuts to Student Mental Health Grants
10/28/2025	Attorney General Brown and Coalition Win Preliminary Injunction Blocking Unlawful Cuts to Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
10/28/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Briefs Supporting National TRIO Programs Threatened by Federal Grant Cuts
10/24/2025	Attorney General Brown Demands Answers from Trump Administration on SNAP Funding Due to Lapse at End of Month
10/22/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Opposition to DOJ’s Attempt to Subpoena Gender-Affirming Care Records
10/22/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Brief Urging SCOTUS to Protect States’ Use of Investigative Subpoenas
10/20/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Brief Fighting Unlawful Defunding of Planned Parenthood
10/20/2025	Attorney General Brown Leads Brief in Supreme Court of the United States to Prevent Trump’s Unlawful Deployment of National Guard to Chicago
10/16/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Coalition in Defense of First Amendment Protections for Noncitizen Students and Faculty
10/16/2025	Attorney General Brown Co-leads Challenge to EPA’s Attacks on Affordable Clean Energy for Low-Income Households
10/15/2025	Attorney General Brown: Department of Education’s Data Collection Proposal is Thinly-Veiled Pretense to Attack Lawful DEI Efforts
10/15/2025	Attorney General Brown Releases Guidance for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Working with Federal Agents
10/11/2025	Attorney General Brown Leads Coalition’s Opposition to Trump’s Unlawful Deployment of National Guard to Chicago
10/10/2025	Attorney General Brown Supports Challenge to Executive Orders Unlawfully Targeting Transgender Individuals and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives
10/9/2025	Attorney General Brown Co-Leads Coalition United Against Trump’s Attempt to Deploy National Guard to Oregon
10/9/2025	Attorney General Brown Condemns Trump Attacks on Nonprofits’ Freedom of Speech
10/7/2025	Attorney General Brown Urges Supreme Court to Grant Review to Protect Key Provision of Voting Rights Act
10/3/2025	Trump Administration Abandons Unlawful Conditions on Victims of Crime Act Grants After Attorney General Files Suit
10/2/2025	Attorney General Brown Secures Court Order Declaring Federal Energy Program Cuts Illegal
10/1/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues DOJ to Protect Services for Crime Survivors
9/26/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins States Suing Over Illegal Conditions to Programs That Support Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
9/25/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Supporting Challenge to Executive Orders Unlawfully Targeting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
9/25/2025	Attorney General Brown Announces Court Order Protecting Billions in Federal Emergency Services Funding
9/15/2025	Attorney General Brown Leads Multistate Coalition in Support of D.C.’s Challenge to Trump National Guard Takeover
9/10/2025	Attorney General Brown Secures Preliminary Injunction Preserving Access to Key Social Services
9/4/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Coalition in Opposing Trump Administration’s Proposed Rollback of Abortion Care for Veterans and Their Families
9/3/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Brief Opposing Immigration Detention Policy Denying Opportunity for Bond Hearings
9/2/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Brief in Support of Federal Employees’ Right to Collective Bargaining and Free Speech
8/29/2025	Attorney General Brown Prevents $184 Million Cut to AmeriCorps Service Programs
8/25/2025	Attorney General Brown Secures Full Relief for Maryland Schools in Lawsuit Challenging Withholding of Education Funding
8/18/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Imposition of Illegal Conditions on Victims
8/15/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues to Stop Federal Cuts That Threaten State Energy Programs
8/1/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues to Block Unlawful Attacks on Medically Necessary Health Care for Transgender Youth
7/29/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Blocking Planned Parenthood from Receiving Federal Medicaid Funding
7/28/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Illegal Demands that States Hand Over Sensitive Personal Data of SNAP Recipients
7/24/2025	Attorney General Brown Challenges Trump Administration’s Withholding of Funds from AmeriCorps, the National Volunteer Public Service Agency
7/21/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit to Block Federal Restrictions on Public Benefits
7/21/2025	Attorney General Brown Defends Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua
7/18/2025	Attorney General Brown’s Statement on the Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Move to Allow ICE to Access Medicaid Database
7/17/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rule That Would Make It Harder for Americans to Obtain Health Coverage Under the ACA
7/17/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Amicus Brief Opposing Trump Administration’s Efforts to Roll Back Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children
7/16/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Cutting Billions in Disaster Mitigation Funding
7/14/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Freezing $6.8 Billion in Education Grants
7/3/2025	Attorney General Brown Opposes Trump Administration Effort to Roll Back Fair Housing Protections
7/1/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Illegally Sharing Personal Health Data with DHS
6/27/2025	Statement from Attorney General Brown on the Supreme Court of the United States’ Decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor
6/24/2025	Attorney General Brown Leads Legal Fight to Prevent Trump Administration from Using a Purported “Settlement” to Threaten the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
6/24/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multi-State Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Illegal Attempts to Terminate Critical Federal Funding for States
6/20/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Coalition in Support of Lawsuits Challenging Public Media Funding Cuts
6/17/2025	Attorney General Brown Pushes Back Against Rollback of Civil Rights Protections by U.S. Department of Energy
6/17/2025	Attorney General Brown Issues Multistate Guidance Affirming Legality and Necessity of Environmental Justice Initiatives
6/17/2025	Attorney General Brown Applauds Judge’s Ruling Blocking Trump Administration from Illegally Cutting Funds for Medical and Public Health Research
6/13/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Opposing President Trump’s Unlawful Freeze of Foreign Aid Funds
6/13/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Opposing Federal Shutdown of Job Corps Program That Serves Thousands of At-Risk Youth
6/12/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins 21 States Opposing Trump’s Military Deployment in California
6/9/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Amicus Opposing President Trump’s Public Safety Cuts
6/9/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration to Prevent Efforts to Distribute Thousands of Machine Gun Devices Across Country
6/9/2025	Attorney General Brown Supports Harvard University’s Challenge to the Trump Administration’s Retaliatory Federal Funding Freeze
6/8/20225	Statement from Attorney General Brown on President Trump’s Deployment of Federalized National Guard Troops
6/4/2025	Attorney General Brown Urges Court to Protect Enforcement of Voting Rights Act
6/2/2025	Attorney General Brown Opposes Trump Ban on Transgender Military Service
5/28/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration to Protect Scientific Research and Education Programs
5/23/2025	Attorney General Brown Wins Court Order Stopping Dismantling of Department of Education
5/20/2025	Attorney General Brown Urges Federal Court to Keep U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Civil Rights Offices Open
5/13/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Other State Attorneys General Suing Trump Administration Over Illegal Immigration Conditions Placed on Billions in Federal Funding
5/5/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Implementation of President Trump’s Unlawful Elections Executive Order
5/5/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues to Stop Dismantling of Health and Human Services Department
5/5/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Halting Development of Wind Energy
4/29/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Dismantling of AmeriCorps, the National Volunteer Public Service Agency
4/25/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Conditions on Funding for K-12 Schools
4/15/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Brief to Defend Social Security from Erratic and Unlawful Mismanagement
4/14/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Effort to Protect Affordable Health Coverage From Federal Attack
4/11/2025	Attorney General Brown Supports Challenge to Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Ideological Deportation Policy
4/10/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Blocking Access to Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Education Funds for States
4/4/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration Over Illegal Funding Cuts and Delays for Medical and Public Health Research
4/3/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Unlawful Executive Order Seeking to Impose Sweeping Voting Restrictions
4/1/2025	Attorney General Brown Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees
4/1/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues HHS, Secretary Kennedy to Overturn Public Health Grant Cuts
3/26/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Brief to Defend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Venezuelans
3/21/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition to Preserve Parole Pathways for Vulnerable Immigrants
3/14/2025	Attorney General Brown Wins Temporary Block on Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees and Gets Fired Employees Their Jobs Back
3/13/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration to Stop Dismantling of Department of Education and to Protect Students
3/11/2025	Attorney General Brown Secures Early Court Decision Stopping Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of K-12 Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grants
3/7/2025	Attorney General Brown Moves for Temporary Restraining Order to Stop Mass Firings and Seek Reinstatement of Federal Probationary Employees
3/7/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Amicus Brief Challenging the Trump Administration’s Early Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans
3/7/2025	Judge Holds Trump Termination of NLRB Member Unlawful and Void
3/6/2025	Attorney General Brown and Multistate Coalition Secure Court Order Blocking Trump Administration from Freezing Federal Fund
3/6/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Lawsuit Challenging Termination of K-12 Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grants
3/6/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit to Stop Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees
3/5/2025	Attorney General Brown Issues Multistate Guidance for Schools on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiative
3/5/2025	Attorney General Brown Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Innovation Research
3/5/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Defending Integrity of the National Labor Relations Board
2/28/2025	Attorney General Brown Calls on Court to Keep Labor Board Functioning
2/28/2025	Attorney General Brown Takes Action to Enforce Court Order Stopping Trump Administration’s Illegal Funding Freeze
2/25/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Calling on Supreme Court of the United States to Protect Access to Preventive Health Services
2/23/2025	Attorney General Brown and Coalition Stops Elon Musk and DOGE from Accessing Americans’ Private Information and Cutting Federal Funds Through the Treasury
2/21/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition to Keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Working
2/21/2025	Ahead of Hearing, Attorney General Brown Issues Joint Statement on Lawsuit to Preserve Funding for Medical and Public Health Innovation Research
2/21/2025	Attorney General Brown Co-leads Amicus Brief to Support Plaintiffs in PFLAG v. Trump
2/20/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Coalition to Defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
2/14/2025	Attorney General Brown Stands with Transgender Military Members in Challenge to President Trump’s Discriminatory Executive Order
2/14/2025	Attorney General Brown and 11 Attorneys General Release Joint Statement on Lawsuit to Protect Americans from Elon Musk’s DOGE
2/14/2025	Attorney General Brown and Coalition of 17 Attorneys General Release Joint Statement Regarding the Vice President’s Comment
2/13/2025	Attorney General Brown Files Landmark Multistate Lawsuit to Stop Elon Musk’s Unconstitutional Power Grab
2/13/2025	Attorney General Brown and Coalition of Attorneys General Release Joint Statement on Preliminary Injunction Issued in Birthright Citizenship Case
2/13/2025
2/10/2025	Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Innovation Research
2/10/2025	Attorney General Brown Addresses Maryland’s Response to Trump Administration’s Unlawful Federal Funding Actions
2/9/2025	Attorney General Brown Stands with Federal Workers in “Fork in the Road” Federal Buyout Challenge
2/7/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Coalition in Suing to Stop Elon Musk and DOGE’s Attacks on Americans
2/5/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins a Coalition of 15 Attorneys General to Issue a Joint Statement on Protecting Access to Gender-Affirming Care
2/4/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Urge Senate to Demand Answers on Retaliation Efforts from FB
2/3/2025	Attorney General Brown and 11 Attorneys General Warn Federal Employees about Buyout Offer
1/31/2025	Joint Statement from 12 State Attorneys General: President Trump is Misleading the American People on Purpose of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives
1/28/2025	Attorney General Brown Issues Healthcare Facility Guidance on Immigration Enforcement
1/28/2025	Attorney General Brown Joins 22 States in Suing to Stop Trump Administration from Withholding Essential Federal Funding
1/27/2025	Attorney General Brown Issues New Immigration Enforcement Guidance for Law Enforcement
1/23/2025	Joint Statement from 11 State Attorneys General:State and Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered for Federal Immigration Enforcement (en español Declaración conjunta de los fiscales generales de 11 estados: Las fuerzas del orden estatales y locales no pueden ser requisadas para la aplicación federal de la ley de inmigración)
1/21/2025	Attorney General Brown Challenges Unconstitutional Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

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