Attorney General Andrea Campbell and prosecutors from other states planned to sue President Donald Trump after his administration issued a directive to pause the distribution of federal funding.

"President Trump’s executive orders are unnecessary and disingenuous. These orders have nothing to do with combatting discrimination," as noted by the Attorney General. They argue that while the President has access to established civil rights laws to address discrimination,

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Donald Trump’s administration following his executive order to freeze all federal funding. Per MSNBC, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters that James was “going to court” to contest the White House’s “illegal” move.

New York’s attorney general is in the van of opposition to the 47th president’s agenda — and he owes her office some $500 million.

The great promise of our nation is that everyone born here is a citizen of the United States, able to achieve the American dream,” said Attorney General James.

The New York attorney general commented after the White House budget office ordered a temporary pause on federal grants and loans.

A group of Democratic state attorneys general plan to file a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration's sweeping directive to temporarily freeze federal loans, grants and other financial assistance,

The freeze became public thanks to a leaked memo in which the White House’s budget office ordered federal agencies to pause all financial assistance related to foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations,

The White House said the pause will not include direct assistance, as New York Attorney General Letitia James leads a lawsuit to stop the pause.

Multiple states have reached a tentative new agreement with the Sackler family, who made billions of dollars marketing OxyContin, the drug that set off the U.S. opioid crisis. New York State Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement that the Sackler family will pay up to $6.

NY Attorney General James leads a lawsuit against Trump administration over a policy freezing federal funding to states.

President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than a day after Massachusetts and other states sued and a federal judge intervened.