Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules

<figure> <img alt="A photo illustration featuring Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, President Donald Trump, and the Pentagon." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/DCD_0617_Fable5.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The lawsuit, filed <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/891377/anthropic-dod-lawsuit">in March</a> in a California district court, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully retaliating against Anthropic for setting "red lines," or unacceptable military use cases of its AI technology. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," Judge Rita F. Lin, a district judge in the northern district of California, <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72379655/250/anthropic-pbc-v-us-department-of-war/">wrote</a> in the ruling …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/985947/anthropic-supply-chain-risk-lawsuit-judge-ruling">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>