Anthropic Threat From Hegseth Faces Democratic Criticism

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Congress passed the Defense Production Act to “mobilize the country’s economic and industrial resources” for national security, “not to give Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth tools to extort American companies,” according to a statement.

• Warren and fellow Democratic Sen. Andy Kim release statement on reports Hegseth told Anthropic CEO that the Pentagon would use the DPA to blacklist the company if it doesn’t agree to Hegseth’s terms
• “If Secretary Hegseth weaponizes the DPA against American companies, he will shatter the bipartisan consensus in support of a strong DPA – weakening our hand in competition with China ...