November 10, 2026
A Trump-aligned think tank is backing the U.S. Department of Defense in its D.C. Circuit fight against Anthropic, urging the full circuit not to grant Anthropic's en banc rehearing request and pointing to the company's statements about the threats frontier AI models pose to the world.
October 20, 2026
Former CIA Director Leon Panetta, ex-national security officials and Catholic theologians on Tuesday all urged the full D.C. Circuit to rehear Anthropic's challenge to the Trump administration's decision to designate the company a supply chain risk, claiming that the company's position strengthens the U.S. government's global edge in artificial intelligence and conforms with Catholic teaching.
September 29, 2026
The D.C. Circuit's decision backing the U.S. Department of Defense's removal of Anthropic from its supply chain was based on a broad reading of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, which could lead contractors to be more careful about publicizing disputes with the department.
September 25, 2026
A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Friday the Pentagon was justified in citing national security concerns to exclude Anthropic's suite of Claude artificial intelligence models from its supply chain.
June 18, 2026
Anthropic has filed a protective petition challenging the U.S. Department of Defense's June 3 decision reaffirming the artificial intelligence giant's designation as a supply-chain risk, asking the D.C. Circuit to consolidate it with the designation challenge already pending before the appeals court.