# D.C. Circuit Lets Pentagon Keep Blacklisting Anthropic Despite California Injunction

- slug: dc-circuit-lets-pentagon-keep-blacklisting-anthropic-despite-california-injunction
- date: 2026-04-08
- category: Artificial Intelligence

The D.C. Circuit denied Anthropic's bid to pause the Pentagon's blacklisting Wednesday. A California judge blocked the military-specific version two weeks earlier. The government is using the narrower ruling to keep the broader ban in place — and that split is the actual story.

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