U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. is expected to rule shortly on whether to block the federal funding ...

A Trump administration order to pause federal spending on Tuesday led to bureaucratic bedlam in Rhode Island and across the ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island has formally blocked the Trump administration's spending freeze, saying in it is likely a violation of the Constitution.

The temporary restraining order will be in place until further order of the court while the judge considers whether to issue a longer injunction.

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Senate broke tradition Tuesday by refusing to approve a resolution congratulating Donald Trump on his "historic and extraordinary victory." Introduced by Senate ...

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance to 22 states, barring the Republican from ...

Neronha said that the law prohibits ICE from accessing non-public areas of schools without a judicial warrant.

As expected, Judge McConnell granted a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from freezing spending.

ET on Jan. 31 | "The alleged rescission of the OMB Directive was in name-only and may have been issued simply to defeat the ...

The Friday order granted a temporary restraining order requested by 23 Democratic states who said the Trump directive was unconstitutional.

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.