A Republican member of the House has issued articles of impeachment against the federal judge who blocked Trump's funding ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island is making national headlines after he halted President Donald Trump's federal funding freeze.

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

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

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

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 ...

A court can impose sanctions, fines or enact other penalties if the Trump administration refuses to comply with Judge McConnell's orders.

The administration must immediately restore federal funding, wrote the federal judge in Rhode Island who's overseeing a ...

In the face of alleged disruptions to the dispersal of federal funding, Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. ’80 of the Rhode ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island ordered federal agencies to restore funding that continues to be ...

The federal judge in Rhode Island said the Trump administration had failed to comply with his order unfreezing billions of ...

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