Trump abruptly fires librarian of Congress in latest purge of government
by Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6X5TW)
First woman and first African American to hold post dismissed in terse email on Thursday night
Donald Trump abruptly fired the librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the Republican US president and his agenda.
Hayden was notified in an email late on Thursday from the White House's presidential personnel office, according to an email obtained by the Associated Press. Confirmed by the Senate to the job in 2016, Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress.
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