Last mentioned: Mar 18, 2026
DOJ Response
The Trump administration files a legal defense asserting the blacklisting is lawful and justified.
Lawsuit Filed
Anthropic files a lawsuit in California federal court challenging the designation on First Amendment grounds.
Blacklisting Issued
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a national security supply chain risk.
Negotiations Begin
The Pentagon and Anthropic enter months of negotiations regarding the use of Claude in military applications.
The Trump administration has filed a legal defense of its decision to blacklist AI lab Anthropic, designating it a national security risk. The move follows Anthropic's refusal to lift safety restrictions on its Claude models for use in autonomous weaponry and domestic surveillance.
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| Recency clustering | Whether mentions are concentrated in a recent window (a news cycle) or distributed (a sustained arc). |
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