President Donald Trump intends to name Troy Edgar, deputy director at the Department of Homeland Security, as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, representing a major shift in DHS leadership, sources told CBS News, according to Jennifer Jacobs' post on X over the past 59 minutes ending at 10:45 p.m. UTC on December 9. Edgar was confirmed by the Senate in March, making him eligible for the role without further approval. White House and DHS spokespeople did not immediately comment. El Salvador has played a high-profile role in the Trump administration's illegal immigration crackdown. Sen. Mark Warner criticized a briefing on the September Caribbean boat strikes delivered earlier this evening by Secretaries Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio, stating the equation of a drug-laden boat with terrorists armed with guns or bombs is problematic, according to posts by BulwarkOnline on X during the reporting window from 9:46 p.m. UTC. Warner described it as strange that administration officials released edited videos but withheld footage of the moments up to and including the second strike on September 2. He has requested documents on execution orders, communications, and JAG opinions, receiving inadequate responses so far, and called for the videos to be viewed by Congress and the public. Rep. Adam Smith stated he is not unsympathetic to claims that transgender women competing in women's sports can be unfair at times but argued Congress should not legislate on the issue, per Anthony Adragna's X post in the period. Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the United States, will leave her post in the new year, according to a Globe and Mail article shared by GlobePolitics on X during the window.
