Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more

The Defense Department 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, equity and inclusion programs in the federal workplace. The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo obtained by The Associated Press and affect 11 annual events, including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage Month. An official says the pause was initiated by the agency and appears not to be policy across the Defense Department. A spokesman for the DIA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The post Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more first appeared on Federal News Network.
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