President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board, Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the general counsel of the labor board, Jennifer Abruzzo,

President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal battle over the scope of the president's powers to control federal agencies.

Former President Donald Trump removed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox overnight, leaving the agency’s adjudicatory panel without a quorum and its prosecutor’s office without a permanent leader.