U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. said at least some aspects of the governmentwide funding freeze ordered by a since-retracted Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo ...

A small group of judges trying to hamstring President Donald Trump's government efficiency agenda have a history of liberal ...

McConnell's ruling blocks Trump's federal spending freeze 'indefinitely' or until further order of the court A new hearing will be set soon for the plaintiff states to produce evidence in support ...

Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court in ... filed by Democratic attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia, stems from a two-page memo the Office of ...

It took three times for President Barack Obama’s nomination of John J. “Jack” McConnell Jr. as a federal judge ... 2019 as chief judge of the U.S. District Court, is at the center of a ...

Attorneys for 22 states and the District of Columbia asked a judge on Friday ... even after Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. issued a temporary restraining order on Jan. 31 icing ...

A preliminary injunction Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a sweeping freeze on federal grant and ...

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from implementing the type of ...