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Federal court keeps Trump tariffs in place — for now
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President Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2 in Washington, D.C.
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Updated at 4:15 p.m. ET Thursday
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily put on hold the New York-based Court of International Trade judgment that struck down President Trump's tariffs.
The court stayed the order while the legal proceedings play out.
The plaintiffs were asked to respond to the Trump administration's motions for a stay by June 5. A U.S. government response may be filed by June 9, the court said.
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Earlier Thursday, a second federal court had blocked Trump's authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, ruling in favor of two Illinois toy importers.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered the administration not to collect tariffs from hand2mind and Learning Resources while the case plays out in court. He paused his ruling for 14 days while the government appeals.
The order comes a day after the Court of International Trade ruled that the tariffs Trump imposed on April 2 on most countries are illegal. A panel of the court wrote that Trump's worldwide tariffs had exceeded his power under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, which the Trump administration cited in imposing those tariffs.
Contreras' order followed the same legal rationale.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Thursday: "We expect to fight this battle all the way to the Supreme Court."
Corrected May 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM PDT
An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District.
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