Richard Walters departs as Stephen Miller prepares to become White House chief of staff
Politics · First reported 8 Nov, 20:43 · Updated 20:55

Deputy White House Chief of Staff Richard Walters is leaving his role after Stephen Miller was named as the next chief of staff. Miller said Walters would continue helping the administration from outside the White House.
- Richard Walters is departing as deputy chief of staff following Stephen Miller’s appointment as chief of staff.
- Miller said Walters would continue supporting the administration from outside the White House.
- Fox reports that Walters was appointed to the deputy role in May 2026 and that Miller was due to take over on Monday.
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- Departing official
- Richard Walters, deputy chief of staff
- Incoming chief of staff
- Stephen Miller
- Walters’s appointment
- May 2026
- Podcast episodes remaining
- Two episodes were recorded before Katie Miller decided to stop recording new ones.
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- A previous Lux story reported that Sen. Bernie Sanders said he was not worried about Miller’s chief-of-staff appointment. [99cea106-bda4-4fbb-9771-4f8fe488088e]
- That story also said columnist Joe Concha argued Miller would excel at pushing back against media members. [99cea106-bda4-4fbb-9771-4f8fe488088e]
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