Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin drew a stout defender against attacks by Donald Trump, who burrowed into the former secretary of state's email practices. Trump suggested Abedin might have shared state secrets with her husband, then a congressman. But former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who was tarred by an Internet sexting scandal, is not exactly her best character witness.

Despite the disgusting scenes of bargaining over sale of tissue from aborted fetuses, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says they don't persuade enough members of Congress to stand up to President Obama and cut off federal funds going to Planned Parenthood. "That awaits a new president," he said.

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Acording to Independent Institute, a liberal think tank, a federal patent examiner did no work for 18 weeks while getting paid his full salary. Also, a senior policy adviser for the Environmental Protection Agency told his bosses he worked for the CIA and did no work for two and a half years.