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

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

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

U.S. District Chief Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr., who was nominated by President Obama in 2010 and has served as chief ...

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 ...

Officials in Rhode Island and elsewhere had said the administration was still withholding federal money for various Biden-era energy programs. “Judge McConnell’s ruling in our favor was swift ...

Here's more about the Rhode Island judge at the center of the national court case fighting Trump's spending freeze. McConnell grew up in Providence, earned law degree from Case Western Reserve ...

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 ...

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

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, one of the leads in the states’ challenge to the sweeping funding freeze, hailed the order. “Judge McConnell’s ruling in our favor was swift ...