Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's office in Boulder after the Trump administration laid off hundreds of workers from the agency.

Two former members of Congress and the head of the Boulder Chamber joined a crowd of protesters on a sunny, warm Monday outside the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in south Boulder to rail against the layoffs and firings of federal workers by the Trump administration.

By Brad Brooks BOULDER, Colorado (Reuters) -Over 1,000 protesters gathered outside a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, decrying Trump administration layoffs of what two current employees said were upward of 10% of scientists there.