Stephen Miller will become White House chief of staff, Trump announces

CNN · Daily Wire, Daily Wire and Fox News report that President Donald Trump is replacing White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller, effective Monday, November 9, 2026. The change comes three days after Republicans' heavy midterm losses, CNN · Daily Wire notes, and elevates the strategist behind Trump's hardline immigration agenda.

Trump said Wiles will move to the Trump Political Operation and called Miller, now deputy chief of staff, one of his most trusted advisors. Wiles said in her own statement that Friday was her last day and that serving Trump was "the honor of a lifetime." She cited securing the border, cutting taxes and strengthening the economy.

The outlets frame the exit differently. Daily Wire says Trump removed her, though it also relays a White House official's account that she resigned Thursday evening. CNN · Daily Wire adds that Miller has worked for Trump since 2015 and has broadened his portfolio into domestic policy, and that Wiles, the first woman in the job, recently finished breast cancer treatment.

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