Pentagon Can Label Anthropic a National Security Risk

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can blacklist AI firm Anthropic from Pentagon contracts, declining to block the designation, according to Politico and Reuters. The decision expands executive branch power to label U.S. businesses as national security risks.

“The Trump administration can blacklist AI firm Anthropic from Pentagon contracts, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a decision that expands executive branch power to designate U.S. businesses as national security risks,” Politico https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/25/anthropic-national-security-risk-pentagon-ruling-01093285 reports. Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/us-appeals-court-declines-block-pentagons-blacklisting-anthropic-2026-09-25/ : U.S. appeals court declines to block Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic.