Politics · United States · 49 mins ago
Trump names Stephen Miller White House chief of staff after midterm losses
Donald Trump named Stephen Miller as his next White House chief of staff after Republicans lost the midterm elections.
Miller, a longtime Trump adviser and the administration’s current deputy chief of staff, is due to take up the role on Nov.
9.
Susie Wiles is leaving the chief of staff job and will move to Trump’s political organization.
She said her commitment to Trump and his mission would not change.
The change follows a major Republican election setback, and Wiles is the first senior figure reported to leave the administration after the loss.
Miller has helped shape Trump’s hard-line immigration policies and has been a close adviser for about a decade.
His appointment puts a key architect of those policies in the White House’s top staff role.
Donald Trump announced that Stephen Miller would replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff after Republicans lost control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections.
Trump said Miller would take up the role on November 9.
Wiles, who had served as chief of staff, is expected to continue working with Trump’s political organization.
Miller is Trump’s deputy chief of staff and a longtime adviser closely associated with the administration’s immigration policies.
Trump said he expected to make some changes to his team after the Republican losses.
- Who
- Donald Trump named Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff.
- What
- Miller will take over the role; Wiles is expected to work with Trump’s political organization.
- When
- Trump announced the change on November 6, 2026. Miller is due to take up the role on November 9.
- Where
- The White House.
- Why
- The change came after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections. CBS News reported that Wiles’s departure was tied to the GOP’s defeats.
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Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections.
Wiles submitted her resignation, according to CBS News.
Trump announced that Miller would replace Wiles as chief of staff.
Miller is due to take up the chief of staff role.
- Incoming chief of staff
- Stephen Miller
- Outgoing chief of staff
- Susie Wiles
- Announcement date
- November 6, 2026
- Start date
- November 9, 2026
- Midterm election date
- November 3, 2026
- Current role of Miller
- White House deputy chief of staff
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Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honour of a lifetime.
I do, yeah. Little bit.
But I'll … be doing maybe a few changes.
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