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 ...

In one month, the president is dangerously eroding the separation of powers and our constitutional checks and balances.

More than 1,500 institutions received federal funds for research, conservation, economic development, and curriculum development during the 2023 fiscal year.

Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had issued an earlier ... weighed in with orders halting the pause, and the Office of Management and Budget later rescinded the pause. Trump administration lawyers ...

The Trump administration has asserted a new balance of power among the three formerly coequal branches of government. In its ...

Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Rhode ... The other case, National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget, includes its own temporary restraining ...

A federal judge will decide in “due course” whether to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from ...

raising concerns the White House will try to enact the same policy described in the now-rescinded memo from the Office of Management and Budget. District Judge John McConnell Jr. has not entered ...

Faced with judges’ orders to block certain initiatives, the Trump administration has found ways to tell courts it still has ...

In a strongly-worded 12-page temporary restraining order sought by 22 states and the District of Columbia U.S. District Chief Judge John J. McConnell ... U.S. Office of Management and Budget ...

After hearing arguments Friday, Judge John McConnell Jr. said he will rule within ... it was never meant to be so broad. The Office of Management and Budget, which had initially issued the funding ...

The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to appeal the decision, but urged Judge John J. McConnell Jr. to clarify his order quickly to avoid any further issues.