A federal judge on Friday heard arguments on a request to further block President Donald Trump ’s administration from ...

A Georgia congressman is promising to file impeachment articles against Rhode Island's chief federal judge after he ruled ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...