{"id":240848,"date":"2026-05-22T19:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/240848\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T19:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:11:20","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-resigns-as-director-of-national-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/240848\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard submitted her resignation Friday \u2014 citing her husband\u2019s recent cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard, a longtime skeptic of US intervention overseas, apparently did not cite the ongoing Iran war in a resignation letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/exclusive-tulsi-gabbard-resigns-from-trump-cabinet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first reported by Fox News Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026,\u201d she wrote. \u201cMy husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39459282\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-washington-dc-hearing-held-127469300_d0c83a.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaking at a House Select Intelligence Committee hearing.\" class=\"wp-image-39459282\"  \/>Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard submitted her resignation from the post on Friday. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39459283\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2017-meeting-now-deposed-syrian-128501891.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsi Gabbard and her husband, Abraham Williams, embrace in the Oval Office.\" class=\"wp-image-39459283\"  \/>Gabbard cited her husband Abraham\u2019s recent cancer diagnosis for the decision to step down. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The former Hawaii Democratic congresswoman also thanked President Trump for \u201cthe trust you placed in me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/18\/us-news\/trump-admin-live-updates-may-18-19-20-21-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow The Post\u2019s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news broke within minutes of the president saying he plans to remain at the White House this weekend \u2014 rather than at his New Jersey golf course \u2014 fueling speculation he\u2019s poised to resume attacks on the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard has publicly remained loyal to Trump during Operation Epic Fury, testifying to the Senate in March that \u201cthe intelligence community assessed that Iran maintained the intention to rebuild and to continue to grow their nuclear enrichment capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>But she has rarely been at the forefront of the administration \u2014 with Trump often singling out and praising CIA Director John Ratcliffe for his contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard had aligned with Trump on other priorities, including<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/30\/us-news\/dni-tulsi-gabbard-takes-leading-role-on-2020-election-fraud-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0investigating alleged vote fraud<\/a>\u00a0in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Her departure follows<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/17\/us-news\/national-counterterrorism-center-director-joe-kent-resigns-over-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0the fiery resignation<\/a>\u00a0in March of her former subordinate Joe Kent,\u00a0the onetime head of the National Counterterrorism Center, who claimed Israel had duped Trump into attacking Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard submitted her resignation Friday \u2014 citing her husband\u2019s recent cancer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13483,94129,9,11,10,87,89709,58],"class_list":["post-240848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cancer","tag-national-intelligence-service","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-politics","tag-tulsi-gabbard","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}