U.S. District Judge John McConnell says he may grant a restraining order against President Donald Trump's federal funding freeze due in part to a social media post by White House press secretary ...

President Trump's push to punish law firms faced another setback Friday, as a judge ruled his order targeting Jenner & Block ...

U.S. District Judge John McConnell filed a new motion Monday ordering the Trump administration to comply with a restraining order issued Jan. 31, temporarily blocking the administration’s ...

PROVIDENCE – President Donald Trump’s administration is appealing a court order barring the government ... by U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. that granted a preliminary ...

U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. ruled March 6 that President ... McConnell earlier had issued a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from withholding funds.

The states asked U.S. District Judge John McConnell to impose a preliminary injunction on the freeze after he already approved a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration and found ...

U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence ... McConnell's decision built on an earlier temporary restraining order he issued on January 31, and came after another judge in Washington ...

In late January, U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. issued a temporary restraining order directing the administration to restore congressionally authorized funding that had been frozen by ...