WASHINGTON :A U.S. Appeals court on Friday extended a pause in litigation between Nippon Steel and the Trump administration and gave the parties until next Friday to provide updates related to the case over the Japanese steelmaker's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel have been putting the finishing touches on an agreement with the Trump administration to assuage national security concerns posed by the tie-up, announced in December 2023 and blocked by former President