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

Judge rules Trump can pause spending if lawful, boosting efforts to cut migrant aid. GOP slammed his original order as ...

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

The court ruled that the Trump administration had a narrowly defined path to withhold some funds to the city that had been approved by Congress.

President Donald Trump’s controversial attempt to freeze spending for billions of dollars in federal funds for loans, grants ...

U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island ruled that the government's bid to withhold Federal Emergency Management ...

A federal judge ordered Donald Trump to end his pause on federal spending. Trump said if a president can’t look for fraud, we don’t have a country anymore.

The [court’s previous order] does not bar both the President and much of the Federal Government from exercising their own lawful authorities to withhold funding,” McConnell wrote.

Follow live updates as the Senate votes on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination. The House DOGE subcommittee, led by Rep. Marjorie ...

The judge previously ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze the federal funds, accusing the White House of failing to ...

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