Tulsi Gabbard entered the Trump administration as one of its most unconventional national security picks and left it after months of mounting friction, internal isolation, and growing speculation that her time was running short long before her resignation as director of national intelligence for personal reasons on Friday.

Iranian Embassy praises outgoing Director of National Security, Tulsi Gabbard, for speaking the "truths about Iran that Trump hated" in a new message shortly after she resigned

She left the party in 2022, first becoming an independent and then, in 2024, a Republican, coming to represent the anti-war wing of the MAGA movement. Her appointment as DNI, charged with co-ordinating America’s 18 intelligence agencies,

The director of National Intelligence announced her resignation on Friday, saying she needed to care for her husband.

Former CIA officer Aaron Lukas will serve as acting director of national intelligence following the resignation of Tulsi Gabbard. “[Gabbard’s] highly respected Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence,

The former Democratic congresswoman said she would be leaving her job following her husband’s cancer diagnosis.

Top intelligence official Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a daughter-in-law of RFK Jr., is leaving top posts at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Office of Management and Budget.

Lawmakers reacted to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation along party lines, with Democrats celebrating her departure and Republicans thanking her for her service. Gabbard announced Friday she is resigning from her position to support her husband after he was diagnosed with bone cancer.