Susie Wiles's Exit Adds to List of Women Leaving Top Jobs in Trump Administration

President Donald Trump announced this week that Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, is leaving her job. Wiles was the first woman ever to serve as White House chief of staff. Trump said he would replace her with Stephen Miller, a longtime aide. Her departure is part of a growing pattern — several women in top government roles have left, and men have taken their places.

Over the past year, four other high-ranking women also left the Trump administration. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard all resigned or were fired. Each of them was replaced by a man. Three women still hold Cabinet-level positions: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler.

There have been other departures as well. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt left her role at the end of August, and her replacement lasted just five days. Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, also resigned recently. No replacement for Dhillon has been named yet.

A research group called the Partnership for Public Service told The Washington Post that women make up a smaller share of Trump's top officials than in any administration since President George W. Bush. When asked about this trend, the White House said hiring choices are based on talent, not gender. 'The President judges individuals on merit and qualifications,' said White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers.

Stephen Miller, now the new chief of staff, is a well-known and controversial figure. He grew up in Santa Monica, California, and began speaking out on issues like immigration and race as a teenager. He first joined Trump's team in 2016 and has worked closely with the president ever since. Some Democrats and critics are upset about his rise to such a powerful role.

Miller has been behind some of the administration's most talked-about policies, including the immigration crackdown and other bold actions. Former adviser Stephen Bannon once called him the driving force behind many of the administration's core ideas. At 41 years old, he is now one of the most powerful people in the White House.

Rapper Macklemore says nine major U.S. music venues turned down his 'Free Palestine' benefit tour. He said venues offered available dates, but once they learned the shows would raise money for Palestinian aid groups, those dates suddenly disappeared. The venues include Madison Square Garden in New York City and Chase Center in San Francisco, among others.

Macklemore had been dropped from singer Ed Sheeran's tour in September after making pro-Palestinian comments on stage. He then announced his own tour, and shows in Dublin, Paris, and London sold out. MSG Entertainment told the entertainment magazine Variety that Macklemore 'is not an arena level act.'

The University of Michigan released a survey showing that many Americans are anxious about what might happen if the AI technology boom suddenly collapses. At least one in ten people surveyed brought up AI and its effects on the economy without being asked, and most of those comments were negative. Stock markets dropped sharply on Thursday partly because of these fears, before recovering on Friday.

The father of a 20-year-old co-pilot who died in a Florida plane crash spoke at an emotional news conference. Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras was co-piloting a Learjet that crashed near West Palm Beach after flying from Austin, Texas. Her father said he listened many times to recordings of his daughter calmly reporting problems to air traffic control before the plane went down. 'I wanted to be by her side, inside the plane, to help her,' he said through tears.

Some people online questioned whether Nathalia had enough experience to fly such an advanced aircraft. However, she had more than 1,300 hours of flying experience and had completed all the training needed for her commercial pilot's license and Learjet certification. Her family's attorney said the news conference was held to protect her memory and reputation.

Latino voters played a big role in helping Democrats win key races in this week's midterm elections. Counties where Latino citizens make up a majority of voters shifted strongly toward Democratic candidates, with all ten of the biggest-swinging counties being majority-Hispanic. Starr County in Texas, which is 96 percent Latino, swung 72 points toward Democrats — one of the most dramatic changes in the country. These results show that Latino voters who leaned Republican in 2024 are now moving back toward Democrats in a big way.