What’s next? An executive order that purports to repeal the law of gravity? That’s the understandable reaction many people have had in recent days to President Donald Trump’s lengthy list of first-week edicts.

Attorney General Jackson, along with 22 other attorneys general, asked the federal court for an immediate temporary restraining order to prevent the freeze from going into effect.

"The Attorney General is supposed to have the backs of the people of the state. This was clearly a case in which tens of thousands of people were being taken advantage of," Jackson said when asked why he chose this particular action as his first major move in office. "We wanted to send a message, we're not going to let this happen."

North Carolina is joining more than 20 other states in a lawsuit seeking to block a freeze of federal funds ordered by the Trump administration that was set to begin Tuesday evening, but has now been temporarily blocked in federal court.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump Tuesday to block the federal government’s freeze on grants and funding.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson has announced a settlement with Purdue Pharma for role in creating the opioid crisis.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 22 other state attorneys general Tuesday in filing a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration's sweeping freeze on federal funding, warning it could severely impact hurricane recovery efforts and law enforcement operations across the state.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump Tuesday to block the federal government's freeze on grants and funding.

Purdue Pharma and its owner, the Sackler family, will pay $7.4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits. Those lawsuits alleged oxycontin pain medication led to the U.S. opioid addiction crisis. North Carolina is one of 16 states involved in this settlement.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 22 other state attorneys general in requesting a temporary restraining order from a court to halt President

An order from the White House's Office of Budget and Management that could freeze federal funding is sowing fear and confusion among area nonprofits.

Contributors to Jefferson Griffin's legal expense fund include a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, which could end up handling Griffin's lawsuit to invalidate more than 65,000 ballots in his state Supreme Court race.