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An eventual ruling could establish broad powers for the administration to designate domestic companies as threats.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is seen at the Code with Claude developer conference on May 22, 2025, in San Francisco. | Don Feria/AP
A federal appeals court appears poised to give the White House broad powers to designate domestic tech companies as a national security risk while also granting the Trump administration a path to continue using artificial intelligence tools developed by Anthropic.
Judges Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao, both appointed by President Donald Trump, sounded skeptical on Tuesday of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ authority to review the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a national security risk, but suggested they can review specific orders banning a company and its products from government work.
