The White House plans to drop the word “acting” from Mick Mulvaney’s title, officially making him President Donald Trump’s third chief of staff, according to four current and former senior administration officials…

“He has stayed out of a lot of people’s way,” said one senior administration official. “No one is saying he is killing it but staying out of people’s way has helped.”

Several Republicans close to the White House say the president does not want to go through another drawn-out process to search for a permanent chief after being turned down in December by Nick Ayers, the vice president’s former chief of staff, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over a six-day period.