Democrats blast Trump’s decision to appoint Stephen Miller as chief of staff in wake of Republican midterm rout – live

Chuck Schumer says the move to promote the controversial immigration hardliner shows that Donald Trump ‘learned nothing from his historic defeat’ in the midterms

• Stephen Miller, architect of Trump’s immigration crackdown, to become White House chief of staff

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Donald Trump will begin the day in Washington today.

He has closed door meetings for much of the day, and will take part in a Diwali celebration at the White House at 1:30pm ET. While that’s currently not open to the press we’ll let you know if that opens up.

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