Tulsi Gabbard ​is resigning from her job ‌as President Donald Trump’s ​director of national ⁠intelligence on Friday (May 22, 2026).

The resignation ‌is effective June 30, it said. In her resignation letter, Ms. Gabbard ‌told Mr. Trump she ​was “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,” the letter said.

She ​cited her husband’s recent diagnosis with ⁠a rare form of bone ⁠cancer as the reason for resignation.