U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell, in Rhode Island, said in his ruling that the wide-ranging directive in the Office of Management and Budget memo that caused chaos and confusion this week in ...

Judge John McConnell sided with nearly two dozen states that requested an order preventing most federal agencies from halting funding until the court rules on a request from the states for a ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island on Friday granted the request for a temporary restraining order sought by the Democrat-led states, which had argued that the actions from ...

In a temporary restraining order issued Friday, Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island sided with Democratic state attorneys general who had ...

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell issued a temporary restraining order Friday, providing an initial victory to attorneys general from 22 states and Washington, D.C. that filed suit.

In his order, US District Court Judge John “Jack” McConnell wrote that the federal government cannot pause, freeze, block, cancel, or terminate awards and obligations to provide federal ...

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal grants, loans, and other financial assistance at the urging of ...