Tulsi Gabbard resigning as Trump's intelligence chief

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.

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."

"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 National Intelligence Aaron Lukas will take over from Gabbard in an acting capacity, Trump wrote in the post.

Fox News first reported Gabbard's resignation.

Gabbard's announcement expands the list of top Trump administration officials who have left or been fired so far this year.

Just over a month earlier, Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned as Secretary of Labor in order to take an unspecified job in the private sector.

Earlier in April, Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, who faced pressure over her handling of matters related to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She was replaced in an acting capacity by Todd Blanche, her deputy and Trump's former personal defense attorney.

In March, Trump ousted Kristi Noem, who led the Department of Homeland Security, following national controversies related to her handling of aggressive immigration enforcement policies in U.S. cities.

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