| 2026-05-07 | Pentagon CDAO Quintuples Scale AI Contract to $500M Using No-Bid OTA — Eight Months After Original Award
6 src Scale AI · Pete Hegseth · Cameron Stanley · Emil Michael · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | Feinberg Signs Memo Designating Palantir Maven as Official DOD "Program of Record" — Locking in Long-Term Funding Despite Claude Dependency
3 src Steve Feinberg · Palantir · U.S. Army · Pentagon CDAO |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Anthropic Filing Reveals Pentagon Emailed Day After Blacklist Saying Sides Were "Very Close" — Calls DOD Claim of Approval Demand "A Central Falsehood"
1 src Anthropic · Sarah Heck · Thiyagu Ramasamy · Emil Michael · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Democracy Now Airs Segment on Pentagon's AI Kill Chain — Palantir Maven Reduced Targeting From "Tens of Thousands of Hours" to "Seconds"
2 src Palantir · Pentagon · Craig Jones | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | DOD Files 40-Page Rebuttal Claiming Anthropic Might "Disable Its Technology" During Warfighting Operations Over Corporate Red Lines
2 src Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic · Chris Mattei |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Military Users Warn Claude Replacement Could Take 12-18 Months — Pentagon IT Staff "Slow-Rolling" Transition
2 src Pentagon IT staff · defense contractors · Palantir |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | Pentagon Confirms Working to Replace Anthropic's Claude — OpenAI Already Deployed, Google Gemini Next in Line
3 src Cameron Stanley · Emil Michael · OpenAI · Google |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | Pentagon Plans to Let AI Companies Train Military Models on Classified Intelligence Data — OpenAI and xAI Already Have Agreements
1 src Pentagon CDAO · OpenAI · xAI |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | 120+ House Democrats Demand Pentagon Explain AI's Role in Selecting Minab School Target That Killed 170+
3 src Rep. Sara Jacobs · Pete Hegseth · House Democrats |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | Pentagon CTO Emil Michael Says "No Chance" of Renewed Anthropic Negotiations, Accuses Company of "Leaking and Bad Faith"
4 src Emil Michael · Anthropic · Pentagon |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-03 | OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Surveillance Loophole Backlash, Critics Remain Unconvinced
6 src Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Katrina Mulligan |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-27 | OpenAI Strikes Pentagon Deal Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Drawing Backlash
5 src Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-27 | Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security
6 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-26 | Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety
5 src Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-26 | US-Denmark Announce "Greenland Victory" Defense Cooperation Deal with Mining Rights and Military Access
3 src Donald Trump · Mette Frederiksen · Mute Egede · Mark Rutte · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-26 | US-Iran Nuclear Talks in Geneva Identify "Main Elements" of Deal but No Agreement Reached
4 src Steve Witkoff · Jared Kushner · Abbas Araghchi · Oman |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-25 | Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition"
4 src Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-24 | Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access
5 src Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump State of the Union Calls for Second Reconciliation, Celebrates Venezuela as "New Friend"
3 src Donald Trump · United States Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-20 | US Sanctions Three RSF Commanders for Darfur Atrocities, Critics Call Response Performative
3 src Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Rapid Support Forces |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-19 | Venezuela Amnesty Law Passes: Government Claims 3,200 Released, Foro Penal Verifies Only 540
5 src Delcy Rodriguez · Jorge Rodriguez · Foro Penal |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship
3 src Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge
2 src Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-11 | Denmark Purchases US Missiles to Defend Greenland as NATO Allies Arm Against Fellow Member
3 src Denmark · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Germany · United Kingdom |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-05 | Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It
3 src Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · National Prayer Breakfast |
| confirmed |