{"id":2605932,"date":"2026-05-22T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-announces-resignation-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:58:59","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-announces-resignation-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-announces-resignation-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard announces resignation after husband&#8217;s bone cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftulsi-gabbard-announces-resignation-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605932&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, plans too resign effective June 30, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crypto-exchange-binance-hit-by-executive-exodus\/\" title=\"Binance faces executive exodus in crypto exchange.\">citing personal reasons<\/a> after her husband, Abraham Williams, was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. She told President Donald Trump about the situation, submitted her formal resignation letter, and said she needs to step away from public service to support her husband through his treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard has served as spy chief since her confirmation in February 2025, and during her tenure she helped declassify more than half a million pages of records related to the Trump-Russia investigation, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and other topics. She noted progress on openness and integrity in the intelligence community while adding that further work remains. The article also places her departure alongside other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent administration exits<\/a>, including Kristi noem and Pam Bondi, and references Lori Chavez-DeRemer\u2019s earlier resignation under similar circumstances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director of National Intelligence <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1024\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> is handing in her resignation next month after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard told President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> the news during a meeting on Friday and submitted her formal resignation letter. Her last day in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> is expected to be June 30. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed her upcoming departure was made for personal reasons.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579695\/tulsi-gabbard-resigns-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tulsi Gabbard resigns after husband\u2019s bone cancer diagnosis<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579447\/trump-warsh-ignore-political-pressure-interest-rates\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump urges Warsh to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-urges-warsh-to-ignore-political-pressure-on-interest-rates\/\" title=\"Trump urges Warsh to ignore political pressure on interest rates\">ignore political pressure<\/a> on interest rates, even from the White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579343\/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-help-others\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he \u2018gave up a lot of money\u2019 so \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund could help others<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026,\u201d Gabbard said. \u201cMy husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard has been married to Abraham Williams for 11 years. She described him as \u201cmy rock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis strength and love have sustained me through every challenge,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spy chief has been serving in the role since the Senate confirmed her in February 2025. She is now the latest administration official to leave, following former Homeland Security Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3710\">Kristi Noem<\/a> and former Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11687\">Pam Bondi<\/a>. Both were ousted by Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in a similar manner to Gabbard, but her departure came amid allegations of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4568237\/odni-denies-claims-cia-raided-tulsi-gabbard-office-jfk-mkultra-files\/\">ODNI DENIES CLAIMS CIA RAIDED GABBARD\u2019S OFFICE OVER JFK AND MKULTRA FILES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since she has been in office, Gabbard has declassified more than half a million pages of government records pertaining to the disputed Trump-Russia investigation, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and other areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her resignation letter, Gabbard said she has \u201cmade significant progress at the ODNI \u2014 advancing unprecedented transparency and restoring integrity to the intelligence community. However, she recognizes \u201cthere is still important work to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulsi Gabbard resigns from DNI role after husband\u2019s bone cancer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2605933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26078481054095.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80145,5866,32603,6522,37690],"class_list":["post-2605932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bone-cancer-diagnosis","tag-husband","tag-political-news","tag-resignation","tag-tulsi-gabbard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26078481054095.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605932"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605936,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605932\/revisions\/2605936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}