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What time will Christa Pike be executed? What we know as US Supreme Court overturns last-minute stay

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The Supreme Court cleared Tennessee to proceed with Christa Pike’s execution after a last-minute appeals court stay.. (Photo by Handout / Tennessee Department of Correction / AFP) (AFP)

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Tennessee to move forward with the execution of Christa Gail Pike, 50, after a last-minute appeals court order briefly stopped it on Wednesday. The court’s action came after the 6th U.S. The Supreme Court cleared Tennessee to proceed with Christa Pike’s execution after a last-minute appeals court stay.. (Photo … Read more

US court overturns Trump’s immigrant visa freeze affecting 75 countries, calling policy ‘patently unlawful’

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Trump’s immigrant visa freeze for 75 countries blocked by US judge. (Getty Images via AFP)

A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries, ruling that Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his legal authority when the State Department introduced the nationality-based restrictions. Trump’s immigrant visa freeze for 75 countries blocked by US judge. (Getty Images via AFP) US … Read more