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

A Republican member of the House has issued articles of impeachment against the federal judge who blocked Trump's funding ...

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 ...

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

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

Rhode Island Federal Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore funding it had frozen ...

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

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

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

Here's more about the Rhode Island judge at the center of the national court case fighting Trump's spending freeze. McConnell, 66, was born in Providence, where he lived in the former Valley View ...