Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon's ban on Anthropic

<p>A federal judge on Thursday paused the Trump administration's designation of Anthropic as a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/09/anthropic-sues-pentagon-supply-chain-risk-label" target="_blank">supply chain risk</a>, marking an early legal victory for the embattled company. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Anthropic argued that the designation was causing immediate and irreparable harm as business partners rethink their contracts and federal agencies remove <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/07/anthropics-claude-code-vibe-coding" target="_blank">Claude</a>. </p><hr><ul><li>The <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.465515/gov.uscourts.cand.465515.134.0.pdf" target="_blank">preliminary injunction</a> gives Anthropic relief from ongoing reputati