U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, had already blocked the funding freeze with a temporary restraining order on Jan. 31, but a group of Democratic state attorneys ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ruled that continued struggles to get federal money for things like early childhood education, pollution reduction and HIV prevention research violated his ...