Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff after midterm defeat

President Donald Trump named Stephen Miller, architect of his far-right immigration agenda, as White House chief of staff on Friday, a move critics called a rebuke to voters after the president's midterm election defeat. Miller, 41, becomes the most powerful unelected official in government, having driven the immigration crackdown and championed expanded presidential authority. Democrats, who regained control of Congress in Tuesday's elections, condemned the appointment as a signal of intensified unilateral executive action. The promotion follows Trump's record-setting pace of 292 executive orders in under two years. Democrats plan to use their new congressional majority to investigate the administration, while Miller is expected to marshal legal challenges and conservative media appearances against them.