Their marriage has become the subject of intense speculation and scrutiny amid an embarrassing online sex scandal.
Now, Representative Anthony D. Weiner and Huma Abedin are about to make news of a different kind: they are expecting their first child.
Ms. Abedin, 35, is in the early stages of pregnancy, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
The pregnancy, which the couple has disclosed to close friends and family, adds a new dimension to questions about the future of their marriage.
Mr. Weiner, 46, has admitted to engaging in salacious online conversations with at least six women over the last few years, including an incident last month in which he sent a photograph of himself in underwear to a college student in Washington state. He apologized to his wife and declared that they have no intention of splitting up.
“We will weather this,” Mr. Weiner said on Monday, during his emotional news conference. “I love her very much, and she loves me.”
But Ms. Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton, has remained silent about the topic as she keeps up a hectic schedule at the State Department.
Ms. Abedin returned to work this week and departed on Wednesday for a trip to Northern Africa with Ms. Clinton.
A State Department spokesman declined to comment Wednesday afternoon.
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Can we elect women across the board? I think we will stop the shennanigans AND fix all our problems at once!
As if she wasn't already in a tough spot...
May the baby be happy, healthy and may her pregnancy be as smooth and complication-free as possible.
It appears that the only possible intent would be to engage in cruelty against Mr. Weiner, and most dispicably against Ms. Abedin.
Fellow readers, do any of you wonder why Americans remain largely ignorant of genuine malfeasances in Congress by virtue of all the soporific sex scandals? Wake up, America! Demand honest investigative reporting on why Washington is dysfunctional and almost totally corrupt, on why the rich are being coddled while the remaining 98% of Americans are being shafted. Let's get less news from the bedrooms and more from the boardrooms. The latter are where the scandals grow like mushrooms in a dark basement.
Anyway, Mazel Tov to the Weiners and let us hope baby Weiner inherits his mother's common sense.
Second thought, he should resign already. Stay home, paint the nursery, be a stay-at-home dad.
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