The Rhode Island Bar Association said it is supporting Judge John McConnell, who is presiding over the Trump administration ...

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 ...

Rhode Island leaders say Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr. is well-equipped to handle the pressure that comes with ruling ...

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

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

Judge McConnell is enforcing a temporary restraining order against Trump's spending freeze AGs claimed that, despite the ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration Monday to abide by a recent temporary restraining ...

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 ...