White House spokesman Josh Earnest virtually confirmed that news media are biased in favor of Hillary Clinton. President Obama gave a strong defense of Clinton's use of a private email server. But Earnest said the president's knowledge of the government's investigation "is based entirely on public reporting."

Name-calling in Washington has reached a new - and puzzling - level. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was the subject of a flurry of comments by Irish rock star Bono, who was on Capitol Hill to testify on the refugee crisis in the Middle East. All were complimentary ("he gets s--t done", "he puts his ego away"). But then he added another remark, calling Graham "one funny sucker."

For voters still trying to make up their minds about Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, her campaign chairman John Podesta wants them to know that if Clinton gets into office she will get to the bottom of the question as to whether space aliens have visited Earth in UFO's.