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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s top US intelligence official

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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s top US intelligence official

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Save Share facebook x whatsapp-stroke copylink Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, March 18, 2026. [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] Published On 22 May 2026 22 May 2026 Tulsi Gabbard ⁠is resigning ⁠from her job as United States President Donald Trump’s director of national ⁠intelligence, according to her ⁠resignation letter posted on her X account.

In her resignation letter, Gabbard told 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”.

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

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