内容摘要：This article is part of AP’s Be Well coverage, focusing on wellness, fitness, diet and mental health.

This article is part of AP’s Be Well coverage, focusing on wellness, fitness, diet and mental health.

Likewise, Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 allows the president to tax imports from countries found to have engaged in unfair trade practices after an investigation by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Trump used Section 301 in his first term to impose tariffs on China in a dispute over Beijing’s sharp-elbowed attempts to challenge U.S. technological supremacy through tactics such as subsidizing Chinese firms and forcing U.S. companies to hand over trade secrets.Trump wanted to move faster after he returned to the White House in January. So he reached for the power to impose tariffs himself without waiting around. He turned to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977, arguing that the law allowed him to declare a national emergency and impose tariffs to address it.

So in February he declared thean emergency and used it to justify tariffs on. Then last month he declared America’s long-running trade deficits an emergency and

At least seven lawsuits are challenging his use of that power. And on Wednesday the, ruling that he’d overstepped his authority.

The emergency powers act, the

declared, did not allow the use of global tariffs. Moreover, it said, the tariffs did not address the problems the president had identified. The Trump administration has appealed the ruling, and a federal appeals court on Thursday allowed the government to continue collecting the IEEPA import taxes while the appeals continue.A spokesperson for Kennedy did not answer specific written questions about how he had been briefed or his communications with CDC staff.

The spokesperson said the CDC activated an Atlanta-based response in early February to provide overall guidance on measles testing and vaccination strategy. An on-the-ground team was deployed to West Texas throughout most of March and withdrawn on April 1.It was a “joint decision” between state and federal officials to send the team home, CDC spokesman Jason McDonald said. Another team of seven was dispatched back to the region this week.

In previous administrations, health secretaries held weekly briefings with CDC staff, lasting between 25 and 30 minutes, during infectious disease outbreaks, both former HHS officials said. Kennedy, instead, received updates on paper or through email, Griffis said.“That is extremely unusual,” said Griffis, who sat in on such briefings with the previous health secretary and said that none were held for Kennedy during his first month on the job. “I’ve never seen that before.”