Donald Trump, Librarian of Congress
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The White House has revealed why the administration fired the first female congressional librarian, Dr. Carla Hayden. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
Trump’s firing of the head of the Library of Congress comes as White House officials can’t say what agency does
U.S. Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter was terminated by the Trump administration on Saturday, just days after the Librarian of Congress was fired.
Congress should have that power, not the president, some say, after Trump removed Library of Congress head Carla Hayden from her post.
The White House terminated U.S. Copyright Office Director Shira Perlmutter two days after firing the Librarian of Congress.
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