The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events in response to President Donald Trump’s ban on diversity,

The Rev. Peggy Pugh remembers growing up in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood in the early 1970s, watching her mother dress for church in pearl necklaces and Avon makeup. But it wasn’t just the beauty of the women in Rondo that captivated Pugh – it was what she learned from her community and continues to carry with her, she said.

Federal agencies have struggled to interpret Trump's Jan. 20 executive order ending DEI programs across the government .