← Chronicle · Succession · January 20, 2025

Stephen Miller Becomes Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor

Stephen Miller became Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor on January 20, 2025, taking office with the incoming administration on Inauguration Day. Both are senior staff appointments made by the President; neither carries a Senate confirmation, so there is no confirmation vote to record for this entry.

The mission that started here is the policy engine room of the second Trump administration — the domestic policy and homeland security portfolio this chronicle tracks through the scoreboard and the video record, where Miller is one of the administration’s most frequent on-camera voices.

Sources: Trump Team Report roster audit, research cluster C (Tier 3–4 source map, banked 2026-10-18): Miller — incumbent Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy + Homeland Security Advisor.