(Reuters) -U.S President Donald Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, in part over her commitment to diversity, the White House said on Friday. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump administration believed Hayden wasn't serving the interests of American taxpayers,

The White House terminated U.S. Copyright Office Director Shira Perlmutter two days after firing the Librarian of Congress.

The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official , Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office.