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

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 weighed in with orders halting the pause, and the Office of Management and Budget later rescinded the pause.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 ...

A federal judge said the Trump administration must comply with a previous ruling requiring the government to unfreeze grant and loan funding.

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

When the Office of Management and Budget issued a sweeping order this ... in the now-rescinded memo. District Judge John McConnell Jr. had harsh words for the Trump administration following ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John J ... McConnell questioned why he had not yet provided an example of another president issuing a categorical order like the Office of Management and Budget order.