The Rhode Island Bar Association has come to the defense of U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell after he faced attacks ...

A conservative legal group is accusing a federal judge of having a conflict of interest in ruling against President Donald ...

Faced with judges’ orders to block certain initiatives, the Trump administration has found ways to tell courts it still has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 is presiding over the case, filed in Rhode Island, brought by more than 20 state attorneys general against the Trump administration. McConnell has ...

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