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 ...

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

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

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

Judge John McConnell ordered the government to restore frozen funds while citing a Supreme Court case about contempt for ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island reaffirmed Wednesday his order halting the Trump administration’s funding freeze.

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 ...

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.

The Trump administration is defying a judge’s order to restart billions of dollars in federal spending the White House tried ...

The [court’s previous order] does not bar both the President and much of the Federal Government from exercising their own lawful authorities to withhold funding,” McConnell wrote.

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

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