# D.C. Circuit Lets Pentagon Keep Blacklisting Anthropic — The California Win Was the Narrow One - Date: 2026-04-09 - Category: Artificial Intelligence A federal appeals court just handed the Trump administration a win in its fight to blacklist Anthropic from military contracting — and the opinion reads like a warning to every AI company thinking about a legal challenge. The California win two weeks ago was narrower than it looked. ---