All 18 environmental justice employees at the regional Environmental Protection Agency office in Chicago have received layoff notices. It's part of the Trump administration's efforts to close EPA environmental justice offices around the country.

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".

Local organizers said this is the tenth protest they’ve held so far this year.

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

The Damien Center is one nonprofit that has already lost some public funding for programs that serve the LGBTQ community due to government cuts.

"I support President Trumps bold action to return education to where it belongs and to put parents in the drivers seat of their children's education," Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said.

The Trump administration has already moved to cut the Department of Education's staff by nearly half.

A viral video posted online this past weekend shows a woman being asked to leave the Chatterbox Jazz Club on Mass Avenue for being a Trump supporter.

More than 1,300 positions will be cut as a result of this reduction in force. Roughly another 600 employees have accepted voluntary resignations or retired.

An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot near the White House by U.S. Secret Service agents after a confrontation early Sunday.