Tulsi Gabbard resigning as Trump's intelligence chief

Key points

• Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, July 23, 2025. Gabbard, in a resignation letter addressed to Trump, said she has to step down in order to support her husband, Abraham Williams, who has "recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer." Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as President Donald Trump 's director of national intelligence, becoming the latest Cabinet official to leave his administration, she announced Friday.
• "I cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position," she wrote in the letter, dated Friday.
• Her resignation is effective June 30, she wrote.
• Trump confirmed later Friday that Gabbard was "unfortunately" departing, writing in a Truth Social post that she has "done an incredible job, and we will miss her." Principal Deputy Director of Intelligence Aaron Lukas will...