A group of 20 Republican AGs, led by West Virginia AG J.B. McCuskey, submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers supporting the agencies’ updated definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). The comment letter follows the agencies’ proposed rule that narrows the scope of federally regulated waters and reverses prior expansions of federal jurisdiction.

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Capital One reached a $425 million class action settlement with its 360 Savings customers, resolving claims that the bank misled customers and deprived them of higher interest payments over several years. A bipartisan coalition of AGs opposed an earlier proposed settlement for significantly less money, arguing that it would have shortchanged 360 Savings customers. The…

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A bipartisan coalition of twenty-three AGs submitted reply comments to the FCC in response to a September 2025 notice of inquiry examining whether the FCC should preempt state and local laws regulating artificial intelligence. In the filing, the AGs argue that the FCC lacks statutory authority to preempt state AI laws and that any attempt…

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Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers—joined by the AGs of Indiana, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming—issued a statement expressing their concern about an executive order directing the U.S. Attorney General to take steps to complete the rulemaking process to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Substances…

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A group of twenty-two Democratic AGs sued Russell Vought, in his official capacity as Acting Director of the CFPB, alleging that his actions to dismantle the agency are unlawful. According to the complaint, Vought has sought to effectively shut down the CFPB by attempting to lay off roughly 90 percent of its staff and refusing…

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