President of the Rhode Island Bar Association defends RI Judge who's faced threats and criticism after blocking Trump's ...

After hearing arguments Friday, Judge John McConnell Jr. said he will rule within a week on whether to further require the ...

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

Though generally well liked in Rhode Island, McConnell's order blocking a freeze on funding and his follow-up order generated ...

A federal judge will consider a request to further block President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing grants and ...

The states' challenge to Trump's freeze on spending landed in federal court in Rhode Island last month after authorities ...

It took three times for President Barack Obama’s nomination of John J. “Jack” McConnell Jr ... Here's more about the Rhode Island judge at the center of the national court case fighting ...

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

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island ordered federal agencies to restore funding that continues to be ...