Stephen Miller named White House chief of staff replacing Susie Wiles, Digi Mart USA News: President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, just days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections.
In a social media post, Trump praised Wiles and said she would continue working for his political organization. Wiles also posted a statement on Friday, saying that serving President Trump in the White House had been the honor of her life and that she was proud of what they had accomplished together, from securing the border and cutting taxes to strengthening the economy.
Wiles, a political strategist and longtime adviser to Trump, was the first woman to hold the position. Her departure comes shortly after the Republican Party’s heavy defeat in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
She is the longest-serving White House chief of staff to work for Trump, who had four during his first four-year term.
Her exit also follows months of treatment for breast cancer. Wiles had disclosed the diagnosis in March 2026 and later indicated that she no longer showed signs of the disease.
Miller, 40, is described as a former trusted adviser to Trump who has accompanied him since his first presidential term. He is known for driving the administration’s immigration policy, including a daily 10 a.m.
teleconference to monitor progress toward deporting one million immigrants each year.
During Trump’s first presidency, Miller focused almost exclusively on immigration policy, including the forced separation of more than 5,000 children, some of them babies, from their parents as a means of deterring family migration. According to unofficial accounts cited in the report, Miller is also among those who have proposed military strikes in Mexico.
Miller grew up in California, the son of liberal immigrant parents, and previously advised former Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, who later became Trump’s first attorney general.
