President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March's Signal chat leak.

The Trump administration has fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the United States’ powerful cyber intelligence bureau, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation,

The White House has fired a handful of National Security Council staffers following a Wednesday meeting with far-right political activist Laura Loomer.

Demonstrators in D.C. and other cities decried the administration’s dismantling of federal agencies and imposition of sweeping tariffs.

Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off!"