TAMPA, Fla. — The telemarketer asked Eric Thomas a question: Would he consider donating money to the Children’s Leukemia Support Network? Thomas himself was battling a rare and incurable form of leukemia. His wife, Rhonda, had endured two bouts with breast cancer.Source: You donated to kids with cancer. This Vegas telemarketer cashed in....

On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission is supposed to meet in public session. It won’t. That’s because the FEC no longer has enough commissioners to conduct high-level business, including a most fundamental responsibility: enforcing campaign finance laws so politicos don’t cheat voters.Source: At the bedraggled FEC, a clean slate of leaders? The first African-American commissioner?...