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 Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, during a virtual court hearing, said state agencies had a "rightful concern" that they were still not able to fully access money ...

Judge John McConnell ordered the government to restore frozen funds while citing a Supreme Court case about contempt for noncompliance with court orders. By Jordan Rubin UPDATE (Feb. 12 ...

U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s 13-page order issued Friday afternoon says the Trump administration may not ”pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate … obligations to provide ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. of the District of Rhode Island granted an emergency enforcement order sought Feb. 7 by attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia.

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell ruled that continued struggles to get federal money for things like early childhood education, pollution reduction and HIV prevention research violated his ...

Essentially, U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell wants his order of Jan. 31 followed. More than 20 state attorneys general, co-led by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, sued the ...

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell found there’s evidence that some federal grants and loans are still not going out to the recipients and ordered that the cash be released. McConnell ...

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell found the Trump administration violated his previous order on Jan. 31, and wants it followed. The Trump administration, later on Monday, filed notice it is ...

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island found there’s evidence that some federal grants and loans are still not going out to the recipients and ordered that the cash be released.