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

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

The judge who said that President Donald Trump's administration had ignored his court order to restart the flow of federal funds, has had articles of impeachment drafted against him.U.S. District ...

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

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

U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered President Trump’s administration to immediately restore frozen ...

The Trump administration is now seeking to hold off a Rhode Island judge's order stopping a federal funding freeze.

The federal judge who suggested Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt over the spending freeze on ...

that decision is for the courts,” he continued in response to suggestions that U.S. District Court in Rhode Island was chosen ...

PROVIDENCE – The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the federal government's bid for an immediate stay of a federal court order barring it from pausing federal spending, finding that the ...

A federal judge has found the Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and has ...