Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as Donald Trump's director of national intelligence in Washington, effective 30 June 2026, after revealing that her husband, Abraham, has been diagnosed with what she called 'an extremely rare form of bone cancer.'
The news came after several turbulent weeks in which Tulsi Gabbard, once a high-profile anti-war Democrat and now a key figure in Trump's Cabinet, had been under sustained scrutiny over her stance on the Iran war. Her departure lands at a politically awkward moment for the president, who has already lost or moved on several senior officials in quick succession, and faces fresh questions about the stability of his inner circle.
