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

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

Trump's assertions of broad, unchecked executive power are a predictable result of the court's "immunity" decision ...

A freeze on federal funds isn't stopping the creation of a climate strategy in Rhode Island, but it is making it more challenging.

The Trump administration is reigniting a legal fight over whether it can unilaterally freeze billions of dollars in funding ...

Rhode Island Federal Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore funding it had frozen during its illegal wide-ranging funding suspension last month. What was ...

President Trump has suffered another legal setback in his court fight against the attorneys general of Rhode Island and other ...

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 ...

The legal dispute stems from an executive directive by President Donald Trump that halted a wide range of federal expenditures.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston denied the Trump administration’s request to halt enforcement of a temporary restraining order blocking the freeze that has been put in place by Rhode ...