Katie Miller, former DOGE aide, to launch weekly podcast
Katie Miller, the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, attends a dinner with President Donald Trump, Republican senators and other guests in the State Dining Room of the White House on July 18, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
By Nicole Markus
08/07/2025 11:38 AM EDT
Katie Miller, a conservative operative who worked for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and is married to White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, is launching a podcast aimed at conservative women, she announced on X on Thursday.
'For years I've seen that there isn't a place for conservative women to gather online,' she said in the announcement. 'I wanted to create that space, where we have real, honest conversations with people across the political spectrum and across the world.'
Miller was a top aide for DOGE and had also served in President Donald Trump's first administration.
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