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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

The federal judge in Rhode Island said the Trump administration had failed to comply with his order unfreezing billions of ...

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 ...