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Tulsi Gabbard becomes fourth woman to leave Trump’s cabinet this year
May 22, 2026
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Washington: Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has resigned, citing her husband’s health battle, becoming the fourth member of the president’s cabinet to depart this year – all of whom were women. Meanwhile, amid uncertainty about the next steps in the war with Iran, Trump announced he would not attend his son’s wedding this weekend, and cancelled a planned trip to his New Jersey golf club to return to the White House. Gabbard, a cabinet level official who was responsible for the US intelligence community including the CIA and National Security Agency, announced her resignation on social media on Friday (US time) and revealed her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. “He faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months,” she said. “At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.” Gabbard is a former military officer and Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, who also served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. But she took more conservative positions after leaving office and joined the Republican Party in 2024.
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