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AXIOS (Madison Mills) - Anthropic's Pentagon standoff signals a broader corporate pushback Mon Mar 2 18:07:32 2026

Corporations are starting to find their backbone: from AI labs resisting military ultimatums to retailers successfully suing the president. Why it matters: The prevailing corporate strategy has been one of high-profile compliance, particularly with the Trump administration. Now, corporates are pushing back, because the cost of that compliance is existential. Driving the news: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rejected a Friday deadline from the Pentagon to strip safety guardrails from its AI models for military use. - The standoff: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded "unfettered access" to Claude, rebuffing Anthropic's proposed restrictions on mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous lethal targeting. - The threat: The Pentagon…

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Source	https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/corporate-america-trump-anthropic-tariffs
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AXIOS (Eleanor Hawkins) - As prices rise, corporate America braces for the blame Thu Feb 19 16:59:04 2026

The pricing and affordability debate is heating up, and it's likely to get even more politicized ahead of the 2026 midterms. Why it matters: Rising costs remain a vulnerability for the Trump administration and the Republican Party, and the president can blame the "Biden economy" for only so long. - The next most likely target: corporate America. State of play: 2026 has already brought higher-than-usual price increases for utilities, electronics, appliances and other household staples. - Home electricity prices are up 6.3% and natural gas service 9.8% in the last year, while prices for ground beef have jumped 17.2% and coffee 18.3%, according to the January Consumer Price Index . - Companies can no longer absorb the costs imposed by…

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Source	https://www.axios.com/2026/02/19/prices-costs-affordability-corporate-america-midterms
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