NPR News Now covers President Trump's appointment of Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff following Republican midterm losses, alongside upcoming US-Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi that include European representatives despite Kremlin objections. The episode also highlights privacy concerns regarding AI chatbots, reports on a significant drop in China's greenhouse gas emissions driven by electric vehicle adoption, and details lawsuits filed by major tech companies against a new California law protecting children from addictive social media features.