U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. said some aspects of the freeze ordered by the Office of Management and Budget likely violated the Constitution.

Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had issued an earlier temporary restraining order blocking the funding pause and instructing the government to restart all the spending.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law dollars and those paused by an Office of ...

Republicans in the Senate and House are ripping President Obama’s budget proposals, with Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) calling them “unserious” and “irresponsible.” ...

It took three times for President Barack Obama’s nomination of John J. “Jack” McConnell Jr. as a federal judge to make it through the U.S. Senate in 2011, and even then he won approval ...

As we recently outlined, on January 31, 2025, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that blocks the federal funding freeze outlined in the now-rescinded ...