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This story was originally published by The 19th.

President Donald Trump’s second Cabinet was never exceptionally diverse from the start. And in the past three months, four women have been fired or resigned.

The first to go, on March 5, was ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. Then, less than a month later, Trump ousted former Attorney General Pam Bondi. On April 20, embattled Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced her resignation. The latest to leave is Tulsi Gabbard, the nation’s chief intelligence official, who announced on Friday that she planned to resign to care for her husband, Abraham, who has been diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer.

Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii who switched parties and became part of the MAGA coalition, was confirmed last year as the nation’s chief intelligence official. She is the only Pacific Islander member of Trump’s Cabinet.

Gabbard is a military veteran who was staunchly anti-war during her time in Congress and vocally opposed Trump’s military actions in Iran during his first term. She faced intense scrutiny in recent appearances on Capitol Hill over the administration’s current war in Iran. The Guardian reported that Trump was asking advisers whether he should replace Gabbard after she declined to denounce a deputy, Joe Kent, who resigned over his disagreements over the U.S. war with Iran. Gabbard also sparked concern for being present at an unprecedented FBI seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton........

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