WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * 1924 time capsule captures Navy presence in Newport a century ago NEWPORT, R.I. - By 1924, the Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island in Rhode Island, a predecessor organization of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport established in 1869, employed just over 1,000 civilians for the research, development and production of torpedoes for the U.S. Navy fleet.  Just a year before, in 1923, the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Stands With Transgender Military Members In Challenge To President Trump's Discriminatory Executive Order BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and 19 other attorneys general today filed a "friend of the court," or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit aiming to block the implementation of President Trump's executive order banning transg  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Files Amicus Brief in Support of Challenge to Trump's Executive Order Banning Transgender Servicemembers OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in Talbott v. Trump in support of a challenge to President Trump's executive order attempting to prohibit transgender servicemembe  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta, State Attorneys General Issue Statement Regarding the Vice President's Comments on Judicial Review on February 9, 2025 "If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to con  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Stands with Transgender Military Members in Challenge to President Trump's Discriminatory Executive Order TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a "friend of the court" brief, or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit challenging the implementation of President   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 14 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Stands with Transgender Military Members in Challenge to President Trump's Discriminatory Executive Order LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief to support a lawsuit aiming to block the implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender people fr  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL STANDS WITH TRANSGENDER MILITARY MEMBERS IN CHALLENGE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DISCRIMINATORY EXECUTIVE ORDER Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with a coalition of 20 state attorneys general, is today standing with transgender military members targeted by the Trump administration's executive order banning transgender Americans from serving in the military. Ra  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Stands with Transgender Military Members in Challenge to President Trump's Discriminatory Executive Order # 20 States File Amicus Brief in Federal Court (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a "friend of the court," or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit aiming to block the implemen  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEYS GENERAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE VICE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ON JUDICIAL REVIEW "If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power." \- Vice President J  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Statement of Attorneys General Regarding the Vice President's Comments on Judicial Review on February 9, 2025 # "If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitim  more