Goodbye, Susie Wiles! Hello, Stephen Miller…
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
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November 10, 2026 |
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Perhaps nobody outside the White House knows more about presidential chiefs of staff than Chris Whipple, who literally wrote the book on them. And now, days after Trump’s post-midterms decision to shiv Susie Wiles, Chris is here to explain exactly what happened—and forecast what Stephen Miller may be in for after he officially begins working in the role. “For almost two years, Wiles was the second most powerful person in the West Wing,” Chris writes. “Had Trump been interested in governing, she might have helped him solidify a GOP majority in Congress for years to come.” Instead, Chris continues, “Wiles has learned that fealty to Trump almost always ends badly. And if past experience is any guide, Wiles’s replacement, Stephen Miller, may well crash and burn in even more spectacular fashion.” Promise?
Elsewhere, I’ve got a first look at Netflix’s luscious and surprisingly sexy new adaptation of The Age of Innocence; a new excerpt from the official Breaking Bad oral history pays heartbreaking tribute to the late RJ Mitte; and Chris Murphy chats with Paapa Essiedu, the man who will be Snape in HBO’s new Harry Potter series, about inheriting Alan Rickman’s old role and what he makes of J.K. Rowling’s gender essentialist stance. |
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Miller once decreed, in never-before-published comments, that the president’s powers “are very substantial and will not be questioned.” Now he’s the official charged with questioning the president’s decisions. It’s hard to imagine him doing that without a personality transplant. Read more |
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HOLLYWOOD Paapa Essiedu, Harry Potter’s New Snape, Is Ready for Questions By Chris Murphy The actor, best known for I May Destroy You, says he feels Alan Rickman’s presence in the role. He also knows that this trip to Hogwarts comes with controversy. Read more |
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EXCLUSIVE Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte, in His Own Words By Dean Norris The late actor and disability rights activist spoke movingly about his time on the series in his castmate Dean Norris’s forthcoming book Do What You’re Gonna Do: The Definitive Oral History of Breaking Bad. Learn how the show changed Mitte—and how Mitte changed the show—in this excerpt. Read more |
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Sonia Gandhi Gives an Intimate Account of Her Husband Rajiv Gandhi’s Final Days and Assassination By Sonia Gandhi In an exclusive excerpt from her new memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, the president of the Indian National Congress opens up, for the first time publicly, about losing her husband, the former prime minister of India, to political violence, surviving “that night of horror,” and navigating grief. Read more |
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A First Look at Netflix’s Not-So-Innocent Age of Innocence By Hillary Busis Showrunner Emma Frost on bringing a sexual charge to Edith Wharton: “There will be some pearl clutching, I’m sure.” Read more |
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