The Trump administration is drafting an executive action that would allow federal agencies to bypass the Pentagon's supply-chain risk designation against Anthropic and onboard its AI models, including the unreleased Mythos. The dispute began when Anthropic refused to allow its models to be used for autonomous weapons or mass domestic surveillance, prompting the Defense Department to label the company an unreliable partner — a designation that blocked all government use of Claude. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held what both sides called a productive meeting with CEO Dario Amodei, and the administration is now running cross-sector "table reads" of draft guidance to walk back the OMB directive.