"Your position as the Register of Copyrights and Director at the U.S. Copyright Office is terminated effective immediately," a White House email read.

President Donald Trump has fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the Republican president and his agenda.

Hayden, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016, was the first woman and the first African American to hold the position.