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Tulsi Gabbard resigned as Director of National Intelligence on May 22, 2026, citing her husband Abraham Williams' diagnosis with an extremely rare form of bone cancer. Her last day is June 30, 2026. Principal Deputy DNI Aaron Lukas will serve as acting director.
On April 20, 2026, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned from the Trump Cabinet, becoming the third cabinet member to depart during Trump's second term. She stepped down amid an active Labor Department Inspector General investigation into allegations of misconduct. The IG was investigating claims that Chavez-DeRemer was having a sexual relationship with a member of her security detail, using staff for personal errands including liquor pickups, and exploiting official travel for personal purposes. Her husband had also been separately banned from Labor Department headquarters amid sexual assault allegations, though that criminal investigation was later closed. Chavez-DeRemer, a former Oregon congresswoman who had been seen as a bridge between Trump's base and organized labor, denied the allegations and blamed "high-ranked deep-state actors" for coordinating with media to undermine her. Deputy Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling was named acting secretary. Democrats called her departure a disgrace and pressed the IG to publicly release its findings.