The Rhode Island Bar Association said it is supporting Judge John McConnell, who is presiding over the Trump administration ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday appealed U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr.’s orders. That order stopped the government from withholding grant money and instructed the ...

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

It took three times for President Barack Obama’s nomination of John J ... to approve controversial pick. Now McConnell, sitting since 2019 as chief judge of the U.S. District Court, is ...