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‘Taxpayer-Funded Drum Circles’: Biden-Era Policy Gives Native American Shamans Medicaid Dollars To Treat California Drug Addicts With Rituals, Dances

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‘Indigenous Knowledge’ pseudoscience continues to thrive in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Indigenous group dances in L.A. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images) The federal government’s Medicaid program is paying Native American shamans in California $826 a day to perform ancient rituals such as drum circles and spiritual dances to treat drug and alcohol addicts. The alternative treatments are

Americans With Health Insurance Still Worry About Paying for Care: Report

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Medical bills in Temple Hills, Md., on June 26, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/File/AP Photo More than one in five adults of working age with commercial health insurance reported coverage denials for doctor-recommended services, either for themselves or a family member, in the past year, according to a major healthcare affordability survey released June 4. The survey,

Bessent Signals Bigger Boeing Sales to China Before Xi’s US Trip

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations in Washington on June 3, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times China could agree to purchase additional Boeing aircraft when Chinese leader Xi Jinping visits Washington in September, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday. Speaking during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the

Hilton, Becerra lead California governor’s race as Steyer gains ground

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The race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom in California remained undecided Thursday night, with Republican former Fox News host Steve Hilton holding the top spot over the second-leading candidate, Democratic former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. Not far behind, in third place, was Democratic billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, who gained some

Trump Unveils Plan to Build Promenade at Lincoln Memorial

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The Lincoln Memorial as seen from the newly reopened Washington Monument in Washington on Nov. 14, 2025. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he planned to build a promenade connecting the Lincoln Memorial and the Potomac River. “We’re going [to call it] the promenade. They want to call it the ‌Trump

Listen to journalist Reza Valizadeh’s voice memo from Iran’s Evin Prison here

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CBS News has obtained a voice memo that was recorded by Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who has been detained in Evin Prison in Tehran for over a year. “Face the Nation” moderator and CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan’s report on Valizadeh’s voice memo is here. The full audio of the memo,