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Mar. 4, 2026

The unprecedented supply chain ban on Anthropic

The Trump administration is threatening to designate Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk -- a move legal experts say has never been used against a U.S. company and could reshape how the government deals with AI firms that won't play ball.

The Trump administration's escalating clash with Anthropic PBC is testing the outer limits of federal procurement power -- and raising new questions about how far the government can go in policing AI companies that resist its terms.

In a post on X last Friday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth wrote in a post on X that he was "directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk to National Security."

"Effective immediately, no contrac...

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