The Brief

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Thursday is temporarily allowing President Donald Trump to continue collecting tariffs under a new emergency powers law.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted an emergency motion from the Trump administration arguing that a halt is "critical for the country’s national security."

The appeals court temporarily halted the order from a federal trade court issued a day before.

What to know

The backstory:

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Trump overstepped his authority when he invoked the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to declare a national emergency slap tariffs on imports from almost every country in the world.

The ruling was a big setback f

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