Judicial Watch announced today that, following a hearing on September 20, Judge Ana C. Reyes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia scheduled a trial date of July 20, 2026, for the $30 million wrongful death suit filed on behalf of the estate and the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, by then-Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. Discovery in the lawsuit has also commenced as the Court continues to consider Ashli’s motion to retransfer the lawsuit to California where it was originally filed earlier this year.

The trip had not been reported in Cuban state media until the Miami Herald reported on February 27, 2024, that Omar and Jayapal led a delegation of about a dozen people who visited the communist island which has been under U.S. embargo for more than 60 years. The delegation to Cuba included a congressional staffer from the office of Rep. Barbara Lee’s (D-CA) office.

“Biden-Harris appointee Admiral Levine, who abused power and is notorious for promoting transgender extremist policies, promoted mutilating surgeries for minors,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “It is no wonder the Biden-Harris administration wants to cover this up with unlawful secrecy. Judicial Watch’s lawsuit to expose the truth is urgently needed to protect children.”

Sophisticated weapons and other military equipment left behind by U.S. troops during the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal are being used by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan’s largest province of Balochistan, which has seen a spike violent attacks against civilians, police, levies, and military personnel. The head of the region’s police department, Inspector General Moazzam Jah Ansari, revealed during a press conference with local media this week that his officers are essentially outgunned by radical factions armed with modern American weapons, thermal sensors and night vision equipment abandoned by the United States in the Taliban-run country it shares a 1,640 mile border with. Ansari confirmed his police force lacks access to that type of equipment.