TRUMP: UNFORTUNATELY TULSI GABBARD WILL BE LEAVING ADMINISTRATION ON JUNE 30TH
TRUMP: PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AARON LUKAS, WILL SERVE AS ACTING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) May 22, 2026
Fox News reports that DNI Tulsi Gabbard has notified President Trump of her resignation, citing her husband's diagnosis with bone cancer.
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EXCLUSIVE: Tulsi Gabbard is resigning from her post as Director of National Intelligence to support her husband through his battle with “an extremely rare form of bone cancer,” Fox News Digital learned.
Gabbard notified President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office Friday. Her last day at ODNI is expected to be June 30.
Fox News Digital exclusively obtained her formal resignation letter, in which Gabbard says she is “deeply grateful for the trust you placed in me and for the opportunity to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the last year and a half.”
“Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026,” she wrote. “My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-tulsi-gabbard-resigns-from-trump-cabinet