# D.C. 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. ---