Merry Christmas from the Jacksons 🎄🎁

Update: The Agriculture Department just told the court it will use its entire emergency fund over the next month to make 50% payments to every SNAP recipient. My office is still reviewing the order to see what else we can do to help, but we all need to give extra support our local food pantries.

Great news: In the lawsuit we filed, a federal court just ruled that the Agriculture Department acted unlawfully by refusing to use its emergency fund to make SNAP payments. It has until Monday to deliver a plan to pay benefits. This is a major step toward making sure 16m kids don’t go hungry.

Breaking: SNAP benefits are getting shut off next week for 16 million kids - including 600,000 in NC - because the USDA is refusing to use its $6b emergency fund. They’re playing shutdown politics in a way that will cause a major hunger crisis - so I’m taking them to court to stop them.

I’ve been in touch with law enforcement in Brunswick County and offered our office’s full support as they investigate last night’s shooting in Southport. The investigation is ongoing, but here’s what we know now:  - Three people were killed and several others injured around 9:30 pm last night. ->

This morning I joined a thousand people at UNC’s football stadium for a 9/11 stair climb led by UNC’s ROTC, where I was once a cadet. Together we climbed roughly 2,000 steps in remembrance of the firefighters who ascended the towers that day. My thanks to everyone who joined us for a great event.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is despicable. This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop. My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.

Breaking: Complete victory for western NC and AmeriCorps. The federal government has abandoned its unlawful attempt to defund the program. We sued because the executive branch broke the law - and it knew it would lose. Great news for recovery efforts in western NC.

Hey FEMA - we need to talk about the $200m you owe us. This is a big deal:

The NYTimes joined me for a day at the office, sitting in on meetings and watching our work to fight threats like fentanyl and consumer scams. We talked about why the Attorney General must be a nonpartisan shield for the people - and why I don't do outrage politics: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

Robocalls are out of control. North Carolina gets 200 million a month.  Most are illegal scams.  I'm upgrading our tactics to hit back harder, as 37 companies are finding out today. Here’s how:

Breaking: The court just ruled that FEMA can’t spend NC’s $200m in disaster preparedness money elsewhere while our lawsuit against them plays out. FEMA broke the law when it cut these funds for our water and sewer systems. We’re going to keep fighting to make sure this funding is restored.

A federal agency - which controls an enormous amount of money - is breaking the law to hide its decisions from you and avoid accountability. Hey OMB, see you in court.

Breaking: The Department of Education has reversed course and is releasing all frozen funds – $6.8b nationally, $165m for North Carolina – after we filed suit last week. This ends weeks of uncertainty. Our schools can now plan and hire for a strong year ahead.

Good news: The Ed Department says it's giving states the after-school funding it unlawfully froze. That’s about $36m of the $165m in education funding they froze for NC. We'll see them in court for the rest.

My thanks to the 10 Republican senators who just asked the federal government to unfreeze billions in education funding. They echo the case I’m making in court: that Congress created these programs, approved the plans, and now the funds must go to the students. abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

Breaking: We just filed suit to protect $165m in education funding in NC and prevent the layoff of roughly 1,000 educators right before the school year starts.

July 4th bike ride with Avery. She says, "In the 1980's, did they have brakes on their bikes or did they have to stop with their feet?" I said, "We had brakes." Her: "How do you know?" Me: "Because I was alive then." ->

Because we took action to defend the Constitution, North Carolinians still have their 14th Amendment right to citizenship. While this case has been sent back to a lower court for review, our position remains unchanged. The 14th Amendment is clear, and we will defend it. apnews.com/live/supreme...

Heads up: Buried in a 1,000-page bill is a section that would freeze every state’s ability to enforce A.I. laws for the next 10 years. That means no new protections from A.I. scams, deepfakes, or impersonation. Bad idea.

A major texting app has become a digital pipeline for trafficking fentanyl:

Breaking: NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election - six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost. Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.

We do a wide variety of things at NCDOJ, but restoring the eyesight of blind cockatoos isn’t on the list. Full credit to the vets at NCSU for helping this bird see again, and to the overworked editors at the N&O who sometimes put the wrong photo with the headline. Cheers to you both.

Big win: A judge just ruled that Google's ad technology business is an illegal monopoly. Democratic and Republican AGs, including us, sued Google for illegally using its power to drive out competitors, forcing other websites to create paywalls to make revenue, and ultimately harming you, the user.

We’re taking Ticketmaster to court for using its monopoly power to overcharge you, and here’s our case:

With Marisa at the inaugural ball - rescheduled from January due to weather, but worth the wait. Grateful to have her by my side, always.

Heads up: If you’re a former 23andMe customer, now’s the time to delete your account. The company just filed for bankruptcy. That means your genetic data - the most personal data you have - could be sold. Here’s how to delete it: 🧵

Some landlords are using A.I. to illegally coordinate rent hikes. As NC’s new AG, here’s what we’re doing about it:

Yesterday proved why North Carolina needs an Attorney General who can challenge unlawful executive orders. We won an injunction against an order that would have cut hundreds of millions in research funding from our public universities and research institutions.

Update: www.wcnc.com/article/news...

Breaking: The court has granted our request for another restraining order, this time to stop the federal government from unlawfully slashing research funding that was already approved. This would have cost NC’s universities hundreds of millions and damaged core industries, prompting major layoffs.

BREAKING: The court has granted our request for a temporary restraining order to stop the federal government from unlawfully sharing personal financial data with DOGE. This must now stop, pending a full hearing, and any downloaded data must be deleted.

Breaking: Our request for a temporary restraining order for the federal funding freeze was just granted. The freeze is now paused. Our case continues, and the restraining order is in effect until further notice.

This sudden freeze in federal funding is so sweeping that it could cause widespread harm across our state—delaying disaster recovery, undercutting law enforcement, and affecting children and veterans. It violates constitutional power over federal spending, and I’m taking legal action to stop it.

With gratitude, I hereby resign from Congress. Here’s some of what I learned: youtube.com/shorts/TOoAw...

From our family to yours, wishing you a wonderful holiday season. 🎄🎉🎁🎄

These cabinet nominees are basically a demand that the Senate hand over a chunk of its power to the President-elect. Here’s how that might happen: youtu.be/VDK90U2eX5M?...

*first post* Hey folks, good to see you here. Let’s give this a try. Looking forward to it.