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Pope Leo XIV Diagnosed With Cancer As Doctors Remove Part Of His Lung Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with lung cancer following surgery to remove a section of his lung on Oct. 13, the Vatican announced. Surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope's right lung during the 90-minute procedure and examined it during the operation. The pope was diagnosed with "lung adenocarcinoma," a common type of non-small cell lung cancer, after testing confirmed the finding. Following the operation, Pope Leo asked for dinner and spent...

Ruben Gallego's Political Career May Be Toast Ruben Gallego spent the better part of the past year positioning himself as the Democrat who cracked the code for Democrats to start winning back Latino voters.  Gallego won his Arizona Senate seat in 2024, defeating Kari Lake by just over two points, even as President Trump carried the state with relative ease.  That narrow but meaningful victory turned him into something of a Democratic savior - proof that a certain kind of candidate, delivering a certain kind of message, could still resonate with the...

The central essay: interventionism as a supposed economic system, the real nature of intervention, and how price ceilings, minimum wages, and similar measures defeat their own aims—leaving only a choice between the free market and socialism.