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Vince Haley
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The Administration · Inside the White House

Vince Haley

Director of the Domestic Policy Council

A former Newt Gingrich aide and Trump speechwriter who runs the White House office that coordinates domestic policy, a job with new weight now that his old boss Stephen Miller is chief of staff.

Biography

Vince Haley grew up in Virginia, the youngest of 11 children, and graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1988. 1 4 He earned a law degree and a master's degree from the University of Virginia and a master of laws from the College of Europe, and practiced law before turning to politics. 1 4 For more than a decade he worked with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, co-writing books, helping produce films and serving as policy director and campaign manager of Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign. 1

In 2015 he ran for a Virginia state Senate seat and lost the Republican primary. 4 He joined the Trump campaign in 2016 and in January 2017 was named an adviser for policy, strategy and speechwriting in the White House office led by Stephen Miller. 1 4 He helped write Trump's major speeches through the first term and again during the 2024 campaign. 2 4

Trump chose him in November 2024 to direct the Domestic Policy Council, the office that carries out the president's domestic agenda. 2 In December 2025 Trump said Haley would lead the project to build a memorial arch in Washington. 4 In a July 2026 interview he described the administration's priorities as border security, public safety, energy production and American identity. 3

In the job

The acts and events that have defined the post so far, oldest first.

  1. Trump announced he would direct the Domestic Policy Council. 2 4

  2. Took office. 4

  3. Trump said Haley would lead the planned arch at Memorial Circle in Washington, according to Wikipedia's citation of the Guardian. 4

  4. Gave a long interview to the conservative education group PragerU laying out the administration's domestic agenda. 3

Career

  1. Lawyer in private practice in New York and San Francisco
  2. Policy and research aide to Newt Gingrich, including vice president of policy at American Solutions
  3. Policy director and campaign manager, Gingrich presidential campaign
  4. Republican primary candidate, Virginia state Senate (lost)
  5. Policy staff, Trump 2016 campaign
  6. White House adviser for policy, strategy and speechwriting
  7. Speechwriter and policy aide, Trump 2024 campaign
  8. Director, Domestic Policy Council

Our reporting

We have not yet published a story that names Vince Haley. When we do, it will appear here.

Sources for this file

  1. College of William & Mary, W&M alumnus to serve in White House, Jan. 11, 2017
  2. Devdiscourse (agency copy), Trump Selects Speechwriter Vince Haley for Key Policy Role, Nov. 27, 2024
  3. PragerU (via The Daily Wire), The White House's Vince Haley Explains Trump's Domestic Agenda, July 22, 2026
  4. Wikipedia, Vince Haley, Nov. 13, 2026

File checked Nov. 13, 2026. Something wrong or out of date? Tell the desk.