The Archivist of the U.S. said Friday she has been fired by President Trump, adding another scalp to the new administration’s list.

Colleen Shogan announced her ouster on social media.

“No cause or reason was cited,” she said.

Ms. Shogan took office in 2023, the first woman to hold the post. The archivist oversees the collection and storage of federal government records and has other duties, such as publishing amendments to the Constitution.

The archivist’s job is a rarity in the government in that it does not have a fixed term, and officeholders usually span administrations.

Mr. Trump had warned of Ms. Shogan’s impending firing last month before he took office.

He battled a previous archivist, David Ferriero, who helped launch the FBI investigation into Mr. Trump’s retention of secret documents after the end of his first term. That investigation culminated in a raid on Mr. Trump’s home and eventually an indictment against Mr. Trump.

He pled not guilty and the special counsel dropped the case after Mr. Trump won the election.

Ms. Shogan made headlines in recent weeks for refusing to certify then-President Biden’s claim that the Equal Rights Amendment was officially a part of the U.S. Constitution after garnering enough state ratifications.

She said she was following court decisions and Justice Department policy in deciding the ratifications came after a deadline Congress legally set.

Mr. Trump has cut a swath through what conservatives call the “deep state,” with firings and ousters at critical positions throughout the bureaucracy.

Some are resisting.

Ellen Weintraub, the Democratic chair of the Federal Election Commission, said on social media that she thinks her firing was illegal.

And Gwynne Wilcox has sued to try to stop her ouster from the National Labor Relations Board.

• Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.