{"id":211475,"date":"2026-05-23T11:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-sidelined-tulsi-gabbard-resigns-as-us-director-of-national-intelligence-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:39:51","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-sidelined-tulsi-gabbard-resigns-as-us-director-of-national-intelligence-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-sidelined-tulsi-gabbard-resigns-as-us-director-of-national-intelligence-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: sidelined Tulsi Gabbard resigns as US director of national intelligence – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gabbard leaves after tumultuous stint during which she was largely left out as Donald Trump launched attacks on Venezuela and Iran \u2013 key US politics stories from Friday 22 May at a glance
Tulsi Gabbard is leaving her post as US director of national intelligence following a tumultuous stint in which she was largely sidelined as Donald Trump<\/a> launched attacks on Venezuela and Iran.
In a letter to the US president, she said she would resign and leave her post on 30 June. \u201cWhile we have made significant progress \u2026 I recognize there is still important work to be done,\u201d she wrote.
The White House forced Gabbard to resign, the Reuters news agency reported, citing a source familiar with the issue. A spokesperson for Gabbard\u2019s office said rumors that Gabbard had been forcibly ousted from office, were \u201c100% false\u201d.
In her resignation letter, Gabbard said her husband, Abraham, \u201chas recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer\u201d. She added: \u201cAt this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.\u201d
Gabbard was an unconventional choice for the role: the former Democrat lacked an intelligence background and her foreign policy views at times diverged with Trump\u2019s, particularly on questions of overseas military intervention. And yet she also took unusual measures to ingratiate herself to the president by vowing to root out politicization across US spy agencies and embracing his agenda of election denial.
Over time, Gabbard became increasingly sidelined by the president<\/a>, who excluded her from key national security conversations on Iran and Venezuela, according to people familiar with the office of the director of national intelligence.
Trump was asking cabinet members last month<\/a> whether he should replace Gabbard, according to two people briefed on the discussions.
\u201cUnfortunately, after having done a great job, Tulsi Gabbard will be leaving the Administration on June 30th\u200b,\u201d he wrote in a statement on his Truth Social platform on Friday.
\u200bGabbard \u201chas done an incredible job, and we will miss her\u200b\u201d, the president said, adding that Aaron Lukas,\u200b principal deputy director of national intelligence, would serve as \u200bacting \u200bdirector of \u200bnational \u200bintelligence.
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Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s nominee for surgeon general sells an herbal supplement that contains an ingredient prohibited by the US military<\/a> and which health experts have warned can cause liver damage.
Dr Nicole Saphier\u2019s record of selling dietary supplements, which are only loosely regulated in the US, has raised concern among doctors and consumer advocates, some of whom<\/a> allege she sells \u201csnake oil\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Kevin Warsh has been sworn in as chair of the US Federal Reserve<\/a>, tasked with steering the world\u2019s largest economy as the Trump administration faces mounting pressure over Americans\u2019 financial wellbeing.
Warsh, handpicked by Donald Trump<\/a>, takes charge of the powerful central bank as it comes under extraordinary pressure from the US president to cut interest rates, even as prices climb.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
US arms sales to Taiwan have been \u201cpaused\u201d to ensure the US military has enough munitions for its Iran operations, according to Washington\u2019s acting navy secretary, in the latest blow to Taipei after a series of comments by Donald Trump<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US president, Donald Trump, and the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Thursday again raised the spectre of military intervention in Cuba<\/a><\/strong>, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration announced criminal charges against Ra\u00fal Castro, the island\u2019s former leader.
Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student who last year became the face of the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech<\/a><\/strong>, will ask the US supreme court to intervene after a federal appeals court opened the door for the government to once again detain and ultimately deport him.
Get Me to the Church on Time, sang Alfred Doolittle in the musical My Fair Lady. But for Donald Trump, attending a wedding is not simple<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 even when it\u2019s that of his son. The US president will not attend Donald Trump Jr<\/a>\u2019s nuptials, he confirmed on Friday, blaming \u201ccircumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America\u201d.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Thursday 21 May<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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