The Environmental Protection Agency has put more than 100 employees across the nation on administrative leave after they signed a letter opposing Trump administration policies, the EPA said.

The Environmental Protection Agency has placed on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a so-called “declaration of dissent” against the federal agency's policies.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed 139 employees on administrative leave Thursday after they signed a public “declaration of dissent” against the agency. The affected employees, described by the agency as “career bureaucrats,