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BREAKTHROUGH? Trump Backs Psychedelics for Veterans as Suicide Crisis Explodes—After Big Pharma Ignored It
April 27, 2026
President Donald Trump, joined by figures including Joe Rogan and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., signed an executive order aimed at speeding up the development of new treatments for serious mental health conditions, with a particular focus on psychedelic therapies. The directive calls on the FDA to accelerate its review process for certain substances—especially ibogaine, derived from the African iboga plant, as well as other compounds such as psilocybin- and MDMA-based therapies that have already received Breakthrough Therapy designation.
A renewed national effort to confront the hidden wounds of war is gaining momentum in Washington, as lawmakers and federal officials push to expand research into psychedelic-assisted therapies for America’s veterans.
For decades, policymakers have wrestled with how best to treat the psychological toll carried home by those who served. Now, a new bipartisan push suggests the country may be ready to explore unconventional tools once dismissed or misunderstood.
At the center of this effort is newly introduced legislation aimed at preparing the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate emerging therapies, including psychedelic treatments currently under federal review. Supporters say the goal is simple: give veterans every possible chance to heal.
“Veterans suffering from invisible wounds like PTSD and depression deserve the same level of care from their VA as those with physical wounds,” said Sen. Tim Sheehy. “It’s past time we ensure our system is equipped to meet their needs.”
The urgency behind such proposals is hard to ignore. Leaders in Washington increasingly point to a grim reality—America has lost far more veterans to suicide after war than on the battlefield itself.
Standing at the Resolute Desk, President Donald Trump underscored that reality in stark terms. “Since 9/11, we’ve lost over 21 times more veteran lives to suicide than on the battlefield,” he said. “Today, we’re bringing them new hope.”
In response, the administration has taken steps to accelerate research into ibogaine, a powerful psychedelic compound derived from an African plant. Though currently classified as a Schedule I substance, it has drawn increasing scientific interest for its potential to treat PTSD, addiction, and traumatic brain injuries.
The administration has committed at least $50 million toward research, signaling a major shift in federal priorities. The effort also includes exploring pathways to allow certain patients access to experimental treatments under existing “Right to Try” laws.
Officials emphasize that the move is not about abandoning scientific rigor, but about removing barriers that have long slowed progress. “We owe it to our war fighters and veterans to turn over every stone,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
For many veterans, the conversation is deeply personal. Former Navy SEAL Marcus Capone described years of struggle after multiple deployments, cycling through treatments that offered little lasting relief.
“Every time you come home from a war zone, you feel like you lose a little bit of yourself,” Capone said, recalling emotional swings between anger and despair. It wasn’t until he pursued ibogaine treatment abroad that he experienced a breakthrough. The process, he said, was intense and demanding, but ultimately transformative.
“The psychedelic shows you not what you want to see, but what you need to see,” he explained. “You deal with it… you get past the grief, the shame.”
Stories like Capone’s are not isolated. Across the country, veterans continue to seek alternative therapies—often traveling overseas due to regulatory restrictions at home. That reality has raised concerns among policymakers who argue that American veterans should not have to leave their own country to access potentially life-saving care. It has also fueled calls for a more structured, medically supervised approach within the United States.
Advocates say the need is especially urgent for post-9/11 veterans, many of whom continue to carry both visible and invisible wounds from two decades of conflict. “Our healthcare system has not kept pace and veterans are the ones paying the price,” said Dr. Kyleanne Hunter of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
Beyond ibogaine, other substances—including psilocybin, DMT, and ketamine—are being studied for their therapeutic potential. Early findings suggest these treatments may help address conditions ranging from depression and PTSD to chronic pain and substance abuse.
A recent Stanford study involving special operations veterans found significant improvements in mental health symptoms following a single ibogaine session. Researchers reported reduced PTSD, depression, and anxiety, though they cautioned that larger studies are still needed.
Meanwhile, clinical psychologists studying psilocybin say such substances may work by disrupting harmful mental patterns. By loosening deeply ingrained narratives tied to trauma, patients may be better able to process and move beyond their experiences.
“If there is this repetitive groove in one’s mind that is damaging… we would want to disrupt that,” said researcher Joseph Zamaria. Veterans like Jesse Gould have taken that message to heart. After multiple combat deployments and years of struggling with PTSD, Gould sought out psychedelic treatment in Peru.
“The PTSD, the depression, the hyper vigilance no longer affected me to the same degree,” he said.
Motivated by that experience—and by the loss of fellow service members to suicide—Gould founded the Heroic Hearts Project, which helps veterans access similar treatments in controlled environments.
“I think something bad is already happening with veterans because they are taking their own lives,” Gould said, pushing back on arguments that reform should wait for federal approval.
Still, not everyone is ready to move forward without caution. Some researchers warn that while psychedelics show promise, there are risks, particularly for individuals with certain psychiatric conditions.
“There are some small subsets of people… who can become psychotic or manic,” said Johns Hopkins researcher Albert Garcia-Romeu, emphasizing the need for proper safeguards.
Advocates agree that safety must come first. Many programs already employ rigorous screening processes to minimize risk and ensure that treatments are administered responsibly.
“These experiences absolutely carry risk,” Gould acknowledged. “That is exactly why screening, preparation and integration matter so much.”
The current movement stands in stark contrast to the military’s past experimentation with psychedelics during the Cold War, when soldiers were sometimes exposed to substances without their knowledge or consent.
Programs like MK-Ultra and the Edgewood Arsenal tests left a troubling legacy, raising ethical questions that still echo today. Supporters of today’s efforts insist that transparency, consent, and medical oversight are non-negotiable.
In Congress, additional proposals aim to establish specialized treatment centers within the VA system, ensuring that veterans can access cutting-edge care closer to home. At the state level, lawmakers across the country are also beginning to explore regulatory frameworks for psychedelic therapy, reflecting growing bipartisan interest in the issue.
For many Americans, the shift represents something deeper than policy—it reflects a broader recognition of the nation’s obligation to those who served. “There is hope,” said Amber Capone, whose family has become deeply involved in advocacy. “You can actually live rather than simply survive.”
Louisiana Democrat Mayor Indicted on Medicaid Fraud Charges
April 27, 2026
A Louisiana Democrat Mayor was indicted on Medicaid fraud charges.
Winnsboro Mayor Alice Wallace was indicted for Medicaid fraud in a $75,00 benefits scheme.
Wallace said she will be “vindicated” in a lengthy social media post.
“The devil is trying to embarrass and discredit leadership to possess power again through those who know nothing,,that way they can run it!!” Wallace wrote in a Facebook post.
Winnsboro Mayor Alice Wallace said that she will be “vindicated” of Medicaid fraud charges in a Facebook post following her arrest April 21 by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill with the town’s mayor’s election three weeks away.
Wallace is charged with six counts of government benefits fraud in what Murrill described as a Medicaid fraud scheme in which the mayor is accused of illegally securing $75,000 in benefits from 2021 through 2026.
Wallace declined to comment when reached by USA Today Network by phone April 22, but an April 21 post on her Facebook page said, “They just energized Team Wallace…”
“It’s election time; what else you got! I’m still standing!!” the post said.
LBI found that Wallace fraudulently received Medicaid benefits for herself and a dependent between 2021 and 2026. Wallace did not report to LDH a change in household income, failed to disclose her marital status, and intentionally misrepresented the availability of health insurance provided through her employers.
Agents found that Wallace failed to notify LDH that she was employed from 2021 through 2022, where she received a salary and was offered health coverage insurance. From 2022 through 2026, Wallace was employed by the Town of Winnsboro, Louisiana, as the elected Mayor, and did not report to LDH that employment, income, or availability of medical health coverage as required.
LBI’s investigation revealed that Wallace and her dependent continuously utilized Medicaid program benefits from 2021 through 2026, while she received a salary that would have made her ineligible to receive benefits from the State of Louisiana and the LDH programs. The LDH Medicaid Fraud Division found that Wallace fraudulently received benefits for a combined loss of claims of approximately $75,000.00.
LBI obtained an arrest warrant for Alice Wallace through the 19th Judicial District Court of Louisiana, in that she intentionally committed:
6 Counts – LA.R.S. 14:70.9 – Government Benefits Fraud
Wallace was arrested for knowingly concealing and failing to disclose material facts affecting her and her dependents’ continued eligibility to receive benefits from the Louisiana Department of Health Medicaid program. Those six counts pertain to the years of 2021 through 2026, in which Wallace was known to be employed, received an income, failed to disclose that income as required, and continued to receive benefits.
“Our Louisiana Bureau of Investigation has arrested Winnsboro Mayor Alice Wallace for 6 counts of Medicaid fraud in a $75,000 benefits scheme,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said.
“It doesn’t matter who you are—if you defraud the hardworking taxpayers of Louisiana, you’re going to jail,” she said.
BREAKING: Our Louisiana Bureau of Investigation has arrested Winnsboro Mayor Alice Wallace for 6 counts of Medicaid fraud in a $75,000 benefits scheme.
It doesn’t matter who you are—if you defraud the hardworking taxpayers of Louisiana, you’re going to jail.… pic.twitter.com/dj8hnt4OtQ
— Attorney General Liz Murrill (@AGLizMurrill) April 21, 2026
Susie Wiles to Convene Meeting on Security for President Trump
April 27, 2026
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will convene a meeting in the next few days to review security procedures for President Donald Trump. The meeting comes after the fourth assassination attempt since 2016 on Trump that took place at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday in Washington, D.C.
First Lady Melania, President Donald Trump, WHCA President Weijia Jiang of CBS News and entertainer Oz Pearlman react to the sound of gunshots at the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C., screen image via C-SPAN, April 25, 2026.
Leavitt said the meeting would include top officials from the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service and the White House operations team.
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin reported on the meeting Sunday night:
BREAKING: A senior White House official tells @FoxNews that President Trump & the WH are standing by Secret Service leadership and a meeting will be held this week to review security protocols.
Statement to FOX:
“President Trump and the White House are standing by the leadership of Secret Service, and President Trump has said he personally thinks they did an excellent job neutralizing the shooter and moving the President, First Lady, Vice President and cabinet to safety. Nevertheless, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is convening a meeting early this week with the White House operations team, USSS, and DHS leadership to discuss protocol and practices for major events involving POTUS. The meeting will discuss the processes and procedures that worked to stop Saturday’s attempt, while exploring additional options to ensure all relevant components are doing everything possible to secure the many major events planned for President Trump in the months ahead as he gears up to celebrate America 250.”
BREAKING: A senior White House official tells @FoxNews that President Trump & the WH are standing by Secret Service leadership and a meeting will be held this week to review security protocols.
Statement to FOX:
“President Trump and the White House are standing by the…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles will meet with top federal law enforcement officials this week to discuss considerations for the president’s security at “major events” moving forward after the White House… pic.twitter.com/uMIrvjqG19
Leavitt defended Wiles’ oversight of Trump’s security in a statement Monday to Real Clear Politics reporter Susan Crabtree:
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt flatly denied the assertions that Wiles opposed the DHS leadership team’s Secret Service reforms.
“Let me be clear: Nobody cares more or has pushed harder, or has asked more hard questions about President Trump’s safety than Susie Wiles,” she said in a statement to RCP. “The insinuation that Susie would object to anything that would help strengthen protection for her boss and friend is absolutely absurd.”
Crabtree’s full report on the latest Secret Service troubles can be read on X:
@RCPolitics SECRET SERVICE EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of another assassination attempt on President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, sources tell me that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles rejected efforts by former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to… pic.twitter.com/nxuq76SEiY
One Very Good Reason Michigan’s Lawless AG Dana Nessel Should Not Be Able to Prevent Asst AG Harmeet Dhillon From Obtaining Wayne County’s 2024 Election Docs
April 27, 2026
Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon is demanding that Michigan turn over Wayne County, Michigan’s November 2024 election documents.
MI Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel and Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon
On April 17, Michigan’s lawless Attorney General, Dana Nessel, responded to Asst. AG Dhillon’s demand, in a letter, in which she arrogantly claimed that the state would not comply with the DOJ’s request, which, according to Harmeet Dhillon, they are entitled to gain access to under several federal statutes, including a specific transparency statute from the 1960 Civil Rights Act.
Michigan has seen several prosecutions for fraudulent voting in recent years. @CivilRights is working nationwide to ensure states take election integrity seriously—Wayne County has had issues, & DOJ has the statutory authority to review ballots & assess compliance w/ federal law! pic.twitter.com/38Jh2QmAhQ
In Attorney General Nessel’s response to Assistant Attorney General Dhillon, she cites the Gateway Pundit’s research into documents from Detroit’s November 2020 election, but in true fashion, AG Nessel doesn’t cite a link to either of the two updates Gateway Pundit has published on our research in her letter, but instead, cites a Michigan News Source report on our investigation.
It’s worth noting that the November 2024 election documents, which MI AG Dana Nessel told Assistant Attorney General Dhillon she has no right to obtain from Wayne County, are the same documents that Yehuda Miller has already obtained from Detroit and Wayne County from the November 2020 election.
In case you haven’t already heard, New Jersey resident Yehuda Miller, Check My Vote founder Phani Mantravadi, Patty McMurray of the Gateway Pundit, and the Michigan Fair Election Institute (MFE) are working with over 100 incredibly dedicated and conscientious volunteers to review over 1 million documents from Detroit and Wayne County’s November 2020 election.
Several months ago, Yehuda Miller reached out to me only moments before he loaded his U-Haul with almost 1 million 2020 Detroit and Wayne County election documents from the November 2020 election. Mr. Millier successfully obtained the documents after suing Detroit and Wayne County for refusing to turn them over to him via his original FOIA request before they were destroyed.
After working for over 4 years to expose the fraud in Michigan’s 2020 election, I was stunned to see firsthand the potentially incriminating documents he had obtained: boxes and boxes of Detroit’s 2020 election documents, all neatly stored inside a U-Haul. Mr. Miller had also obtained the electronic files of the same documents.
(Please consider donating to this massive undertaking HERE.)
When Dana Nessel attempts to disparage our credibility at the Gateway Pundit, she only draws attention to the many ways we’ve exposed her lawlessness, brazen cover-ups, and willful ignoring of election crimes, using credible, irrefutable evidence.
It’s almost comical that Dana would claim that the Gateway Pundit is a “disinformation website posing as news,” when we’ve provided more hard evidence of her cover-ups and shone a brighter light on her lawfare actions against innocent citizens than any other news organization in America.
For years, AG Nessel has taken advantage of a crooked system that afforded her absolutely no accountability or oversight.
She used her power as the top law enforcement officer in the state to destroy the lives of 16 Michigan GOP electors by charging them with 8 (contrived) felonies each, most of them senior citizens, for signing an alternate slate of electoral votes.
The Gateway Pundit hosted a telethon for them. With the help of top conservatives like Newt Gingrich, John Eastman, actor Nick Searcy, Steve Bannon, Laura Loomer, and many others, we raised over $150,000 to help the victims of her lawfare pay their legal fees.
Save the GOP Electors, from Comically Incorrect by A.F. Branco
To date, the Gateway Pundit has provided incredible evidence, based on our exclusive reporting, including interviews with individuals who testified about the fraud they witnessed at the TCF Center in Detroit on the day after the 2020 election.
We broke the story about a massive, statewide voter registration fraud ring led by GBI Strategies (Black PAC), which was funded by Joe Biden and Gary Peters.
In our report, we shared evidence that the Michigan State Police found unsecured rifles with optics, a modified pistol and ammunition along with a note on the white board in the GBI Strategies (aka, Empower Michigan) headquarters that read “weapons prepared and ready for the field,” along with pre-paid cards used to pay the employees without a trace and burner phones used by the Democrat Party funded organization.
Why did AG Nessel and SOS Jocelyn Benson cover up the months-long, statewide Michigan State Police investigation?
Why did MI SOS Jocelyn Benson not tell her clerks about the mass registration fraud that was taking place across the state and warn them to be on the lookout for suspicious packages filled with fake voter registrations from a hotel in Auburn Hills, MI?
And why did AG Nessel not prosecute the key suspect in the case, especially after Yehuda Miller gave the Gateway Pundit FOIA’d video footage of speaking with AG Investigator Stephen Morse during their criminal investigation?
The key GBI Strategies suspect tells MI AG Nessel Investigator Stephen Morse she doesn’t know who pays GBI to do the work they were doing. She also said they had several offices in MI, Miami, Philly, N. Carolina and Iowa.
Why did Dana Nessel herself investigate the claim and then try to cover it up by telling her communications director NOT to inform the public of her investigation, only ONE DAY before the 2020 election? In the FOIA’d emails shared with the Gateway Pundit by Yehuda Miller, the cover-up is plain to see:
“We have 10,000 things to deal with tomorrow [election day],” adding, “There’s no reason to throw this on top of that,” and “A few days won’t hurt anything.”
We also provided surveillance footage obtained via FOIA that revealed multiple individuals dropping stacks of absentee ballots into drop boxes during the 2020 election. Yet, no investigation was ever initiated by AG Nessel—WHY??
The MI police reports are incomplete because the investigation was taken over by the same FBI that squashed the Hunter Biden laptop story.
MI SOS Benson could’ve done an investigation into the fraudulent voter registration applications, but she was too busy lying about “armed… pic.twitter.com/gaCJGG2gxy
Our hope, and the hope of the majority of Americans, is that individuals responsible for stealing the November 2020 election will be held responsible before the statute of limitations runs out. Will Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant AG for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, Harmeet Dhillon, get to the bottom of the crimes committed in the 2020 election?
Regardless of whether or not the DOJ files criminal charges against those responsible for stealing our elections, our group of election integrity experts and passionate volunteers plan to continue our work to exonerate the thousands of volunteers who risked so much to reveal voter fraud in key swing states and to expose the many tricks they used to steal our election in 2020, so it never happens again. Fortunately, because of our investigation, we don’t have to settle for the lies and gaslighting by Democrats for the next several decades while they steal our right to free and fair elections.
Please consider donating HERE to our GiveSendGo account, where we are raising funds to support the massive investigation into the November 2020 election in Detroit and Wayne County.
In March 2024, Michigan lawmakers sent a letter to then-FBI Director Christopher Wray asking him to explain what happened to the GBI Strategies investigation, which was conveniently taken over by the FBI.
Dana Nessel knows all of the reports we've made public are true, but she's still operating like she has the full protection of Joe Biden's dirty DOJ. Thanks to President Trump, there's a new sheriff in town now, and perhaps it's time that she and Michigan's dirty Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (the former Southern Poverty Law Center Board member, and current Democratic candidate for governor) are held accountable for their role in Michigan's most untrustworthy election in history.
If they have nothing to hide, why not give the DOJ Wayne County's 2020 election documents so we can compare them with our 2020 Wayne County and Detroit Election documents?
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BREAKING: Our Louisiana Bureau of Investigation has arrested Winnsboro Mayor Alice Wallace for 6 counts of Medicaid fraud in a $75,000 benefits scheme.
