FILE - MAY 22: Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation on Friday as President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, citing her husband’s battle with cancer in her statement on May 22, 2026. WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii, leaves a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 18, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Nominees for Trump's upcoming administration are continuing to visit Capitol Hill this week, meeting with Senators to discuss their potential appointments. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)