Andrea Lucas, a vocal critic of corporate DEI initiatives, was named acting chair of the federal agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws.

President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission late on Monday night, likely violating legal statute.

The Democratic commissioners hadn't completed their terms before the White House notified them that they were being removed.

The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.

President Trump fired two Democratic EEOC commissioners and an NLRB board member, hobbling two independent agencies that are tasked with enforcing worker protections.

Some agency employees who President Donald Trump terminated from their leadership roles Monday night are now “considering legal options.”