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

Rhode Island’s chief federal judge is coming under increasing criticism from President Trump’s allies and supporters, ...

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 McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island ordered federal agencies to restore funding that continues to be ...

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

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

The mogul seems bent on pushing the Trump White House into a nuclear confrontation with the federal judiciary. He has the ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell ruled that the Trump administration’s funding freeze is continuing to violate a ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration Monday to abide by a recent temporary restraining ...

McKee also gave a shoutout to U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr., the RI judge at the center of the court case on ...

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

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