How did the fight against Trump's federal spending freeze end up in Rhode Island? What we found.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. is expected to rule shortly on whether to block the federal funding ...
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A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze
The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the ...
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Judge in AGs' Suit Set to Block 'Chaotic' Trump Funding Freeze
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Wednesday said he is inclined ... U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. rejected U.S. Department of Justice arguments that the need for such an order ...
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Federal Judge Says He Will Block Trump’s Attempt to Defund ‘Woke’
But in Rhode Island, Judge John McConnell Jr. indicated he was not satisfied, siding with lawyers for 22 states and the District of Columbia who filed the suit, which claimed that the harm caused ...
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RI judge poised to block Trump's federal spending freeze. What to know.
Despite last-minute Trump administration legal maneuvering, U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. on Wednesday asked ... telling Sarah Rice of the Rhode Island attorney general's office, who ...
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New Administration Highlights: Freeze on Federal Funds Rescinded, and Trump Signs Law to Ease Path to Deportations
On Wednesday, Matthew J. Vaeth, the acting director for ... D.C., on Tuesday. But in Rhode Island, Judge John McConnell Jr. indicated he was not satisfied, siding with lawyers for 22 states ...
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He was the former leader of the RI Latin Kings. Here's why his life sentence was overturned.
U.S. District Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. will reconsider the life-without ... the leader – or Inca – of the Latin Kings in Rhode Island in the early 1990s. Sepulveda was 20 in 1994 ...
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Life sentence for former Latin Kings gang leader may be reduced
PROVIDENCE — A federal judge has moved to reduce the life sentence of a former leader of the Rhode Island chapter ... US District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered on Jan. 10 ...
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Melissa DuBose sworn in as U.S. District Court judge. Why she made history.
DuBose was sworn in Friday as the 25th U.S. District Court judge for the District of Rhode Island ... Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. presided over the private swearing-in ceremony attended ...
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U.S. District Court gets a new magistrate judge. Who is Amy Moses?
PROVIDENCE – The former director of the environmental advocacy group Conservation Law Foundation Rhode Island has ... Court to clerk for Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., a position she held until ...
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Melissa DuBose makes history as first Black, LGBTQ+ US District Court judge in Rhode Island
Melissa DuBose has made history as the first Black and out LGBTQ+ judge to serve on the US District Court in Rhode Island ... as per a press release. Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. said, “It is my ...
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Second federal judge seems to be prepared to block Trump spending pause
Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island opted not to issue his ruling during the virtual hearing, saying that he first wanted the Democratic attorneys general who ...