With Democratic Attorney General Jeff Jackson now straitjacketed to align with the legislature, some GOP lawmakers are looking for even more control.

The bill was going to be taken up by a House committee this week, but that meeting has been rescheduled due to the weather.

The lawsuits against the federal government, though, are pure political posturing. They serve no real function for the state beyond giving Jackson a platform to fight high-profile battles that raise his national profile. These cases are about headlines, donor relationships, and cementing his place as a rising star in Democratic politics.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson won a preliminary injunction to block President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship Thursday, his office said.

By Joe Pearlman Conventional wisdom has photogenic North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson as a rising star among state and even national Democratic officeholders. Despite Donald Trump’s November victory,

Jeff Jackson, North Carolina’s attorney general, on Thursday continued his modest winning streak against President Donald Trump, this time involving a 14th Amendment issue. A fourth federal judge has sided with a group of plaintiffs,

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson won a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's order to limit birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship means any baby born in the U.S. automatically becomes a U.

Restricting the state’s attorney general from starting, joining or helping lawsuits challenging presidential executive orders is advancing in both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly. Democrat Jeff Jackson,

From our readers Attorney General-elect Jeff Jackson talks to the media during a North Carolina Democratic Party election night event at the Marriott City Center in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday ...