Sarah Sanders will soon no longer be the White House Press Secretary.
US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that the spokesperson is returning to her home state of Arkansas at the end of June.
Trump hailed her as a "warrior."
Meanwhile Sanders said that serving the role of White House Press Secretary had been "the honour of a lifetime."
US National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in Iran
The head of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first and most senior member of US President Donald Trump's administration to resign over the war in Iran, saying Tehran posed no imminent threat to the United States.
Iran rejects de-escalation offers; Israel says it kills Iranian security chief
Israel claimed on Tuesday to have killed Iran's security chief, while a senior Iranian official said the new supreme leader had rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by intermediaries.
Israeli strike kills three people in Gaza as Iran war strains truce
An Israeli airstrike killed at least three people in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local health authorities said, the latest violence jeopardising the ceasefire which has been under strain during the Israeli-US war against Iran.
UN body investigating fatal strike on Iranian girls school
A UN inquiry has started investigating a fatal strike on a primary school on the first day of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, one of its members told reporters on Tuesday.
Civilians pay heavy price as war in Lebanon drives death, displacement, UN says
Civilians are paying a heavy price as the war in Lebanon continues to expand, driving death, injuries and displacement the United Nations said on Tuesday.
