← Chronicle · Succession · November 6, 2026

Wiles Resigns; Miller Named Chief of Staff

Susie Wiles resigned as White House Chief of Staff on the night of Thursday, November 5, 2026; her last day in the role was Friday, November 6, and she moved to the Trump Political Operation. On November 6, President Trump announced on Truth Social that Stephen Miller — Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor since January 20, 2025 — will become White House Chief of Staff effective Monday, November 9, 2026. No announcement indicated Miller gives up either of his existing roles, and no successor as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy had been named as of November 6.

The framings of Wiles’s exit differ, and this chronicle carries both: the President and Wiles framed it as a resignation and a move to the political operation, with praise for her tenure — she had held the job since January 20, 2025, the longest unbroken run in the senior staff seats this chronicle tracks. CNN and the New York Post framed it as a firing following the Republicans’ losses in the November 3 midterms, in which Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate.

Wiles’s profile moves to this site’s former-officials archive, where her record stays on file. Miller’s profile carries his new role from November 9.

Sources: President Trump’s Truth Social announcement, November 6, 2026; CNN and New York Post reporting, November 6, 2026 (firing framing); the President’s and Wiles’s statements as reported November 5–6, 2026 (resignation framing).