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Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon's ban on Anthropic

Mar 26, 2026Center Left

A federal judge on Thursday paused the Trump administration's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, marking an early legal victory for the embattled company. Why it matters: Anthropic argued that the designation was causing immediate and irreparable harm as business partners rethink their contracts and federal agencies remove Claude. The…

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