Federal judge rules that War Department’s designation of Anthropic as a national security risk was illegal

A federal judge in the Northern District of California ruled that the War Department's designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk was illegal. Judge Rita Lin voided the Pentagon blacklist, determining the label was illegal retaliation for the company's public criticism of the Trump administration rather than a legitimate security assessment. This decision follows a lawsuit filed by Anthropic in March objecting to the supply chain designation and its categorization as a risk.