Agencies begin to shed Anthropic contracts following Trump’s directive

Several agencies have started making moves to phase out use of Anthropic tools, following President Donald Trump’s call for federal agencies to halt operations with Anthropic products as the friction between the company and federal government escalates.

The Department of Treasury confirmed it will stop using Anthropic technology products, including the company’s large language model, Claude, as did the State and Health and Human Services departments.

“The American people deserve confidence that every tool in government serves the public interest, and under President Trump no private company will ever dictate the terms of our national security,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tweeted on Monday morning. 

The dispute between Anthropic and the Trump administration began with Anthropic refusing to allow Claude to be used for Department of Defense missions involving mass surveillance of Americans or to guide autonomous weapons. In response, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic as a supply-chain ...