US President Donald Trump has named Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles, in the first major staff shake-up since Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections.
Trump announced the move on Friday, 6 November 2026, in a post on Truth Social, saying Miller, currently a deputy chief of staff and one of his most trusted advisers, will take over on Monday, 9 November 2026.
Wiles, who has held the post since the start of Trump’s second term and oversaw his return to the presidency in 2024, will move to the Trump Political Operation. She said Friday was her last day as chief of staff, writing that serving Trump in the White House had been “the honour of a lifetime”.
Al Jazeera reported that Wiles handed her resignation to Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, and a Republican Party official confirmed it was accepted by the president.
The change follows a midterm defeat in which Democrats netted seven US Senate seats, with Alaska and Mississippi still counting, and won 253 seats in the 435-member US House, with 27 races still to be counted as of Friday.
Miller, 41, has served as deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser since January 2025, and has been the driving force behind the administration’s far-reaching immigration crackdown. He has been one of Trump’s closest confidants since joining his first election campaign as an adviser in 2016.
Miller said on X: “It has been the privilege of my lifetime to have served on his team from Day One, and I am honored beyond words to serve as his White House Chief of Staff.”
Democrats, who take control of the House and Senate in January, are widely expected to launch investigations into Miller.
Source: Al Jazeera
