Now McConnell, sitting since 2019 as chief judge of the U.S. District Court, is at the center of a high-stakes legal battle between Democratic states and President Donald Trump’s administration over a ...

Rhode Island leaders say Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr. is well-equipped to handle the pressure that comes with ruling ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr., who was nominated by President Obama in 2010 and has served as chief ...

Judge rules Trump can pause spending if lawful, boosting efforts to cut migrant aid. GOP slammed his original order as ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell is in the national spotlight. Trump closes down federal worker buyout offer after ...

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed in response to Trump’s provocative executive orders. In a case to enjoin Trump’s freezing of federal funding, the trial judge determined that Trump violated his ...

President Donald Trump’s controversial attempt to freeze spending for billions of dollars in federal funds for loans, grants ...

This is the first time in President Donald Trump’s second term that a federal judge has accused his administration of defying ...

U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered President Trump’s administration to immediately restore frozen funding and to halt any pauses in disbursement of congressionally ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to comply with his order to unfreeze federal grants, after ...

U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island ruled that the government's bid to withhold Federal Emergency Management ...

The court ruled that the Trump administration had a narrowly defined path to withhold some funds to the city that had been approved by Congress.