The White House’s post-election shake-up

Following a lopsided midterm defeat in which Republicans lost both the House and the Senate, President Donald Trump is replacing his chief of staff. Stephen Miller, currently a deputy chief of staff and the force behind the administration's mass-deportation push, will run the White House starting Monday, Trump announced on Truth Social. Susie Wiles, a veteran of Florida and national Republican politics, is stepping aside; a White House official says she put in her resignation on Thursday evening, according to NBC News.

The move suggests Trump wants to lean harder on his MAGA base during his last two years in office, and it points toward sharper clashes with congressional Democrats, who have long reviled Miller. An ally who spoke with Trump says the president values Miller for getting results rather than flattering him, and expects Miller to fight Congress, especially over any Democratic investigations. Steve Bannon, a former Trump aide, called Miller a true believer who will take charge immediately.

Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and the likely next speaker, responded on X by demanding that Miller be dismissed and branding him a dangerous extremist.

Summarized by PolitiKool from NBC News’s reporting. Read the full story at NBC News →