Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, are forming an unlikely alliance, teaming up in a bid to allow troops access to psychedelic drugs.

"Psychedelics have shown so much promise," Ocasio-Cortez said of the effort, according to a report from the New York Daily News. "We desperately need the resources to treat PTSD, traumatic brain injury and depression. At least one in two PTSD patients cannot tolerate or do not respond adequately to existing treatments."

The progressive lawmaker's comments come as the military and Department of Veterans Affairs grapple with the growth of post-traumatic stress disorder in the ranks, an ailment that has doubled among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan compared to Vietnam-era veterans. According to the VA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 450,000 combat veterans have suffered from a some sort of traumatic brain injury between 2000 and 2021.

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But new data suggest that unorthodox treatments with psychedelics help, leading Crenshaw and Ocasio-Cortez to form an unlikely alliance.

"This is a real wild coalition," Crenshaw, a Navy SEAL veteran who lost an eye in Afghanistan, said of his partnership with Ocasio-Cortez, according to the New York Daily News. 

Crenshaw said the issue has personally touched him, recounting the stories of friends who have returned from war and were not cured of their aliments until they gained access to psychedelics, which are typically illegal in the United States.

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"I was turned on to this issue because I had so many friends… who were going down to a specific clinic and doing ibogaine – one treatment of ibogaine would cure them," Crenshaw said.

The duo targeted this year's National Defense Authorization Act to introduce their proposal, managing to get a "watered-down version" of the bill they authored into the massive yearly legislation.

Crenshaw said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has promised the lawmakers to get a comprehensive version of the bill, which will include funding and clinical trials, in the legislation during meetings with the Senate to combine the two chamber's versions of the bill.

Meanwhile, Ocasio-Cortez called on veterans to apply pressure to the Senate to make sure the provision gains approval.

"I know the power of this community to rise up and make itself heard," Ocasio-Cortez said.

New York Yankees infielder Anthony Volpe was in the midst of a strange moment during the team’s 6-3 win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on Saturday night.

Volpe was getting locked in and ready for the bottom of the eighth inning when a fan rushed toward the infield from left field and got close enough to the young shortstop to toss a shirt at him. The fan appeared to want to hand the shirt to Volpe as he moved away.

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The fan was tackled by security.

"I was pretty startled by it all. He was saying something, but I couldn't hear what he was saying," Volpe said after the game. "I thought the stadium security did a really good job."

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said it looked like the man was angry.

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"Usually it is just some drunk idiot running out having fun on a bet," Boone said. "He looked like he was mad at something."

Volpe finished the game 0-for-3 with a run scored and a walk.

Giancarlo Stanton homered for the fourth time in as many games and reached the 1,000-career RBI mark in the win. The home run capped a five-running second inning and helped the Bronx Bombers to the win.

"He's definitely swinging better," Boone said. "Most of us in this room have seen him dialed in, so I don't want to say he's there because that's a different level. But I feel like the last 10 days, two weeks, he definitely continues to move in the right direction."

New York moved to 50-43 with the win and Colorado fell to 35-58.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.