Sharyl Attkisson resigns from CBS News  —  CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has reached an agreement to resign from CBS News ahead of contract, bringing an end to months of hard-fought negotiations, sources familiar with her departure told POLITICO on Monday.

U.S. Uninsured Rate Continues to Fall  —  Uninsured rate drops most among lower-income and black Americans  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans without health insurance continues to fall, measuring 15.9% so far in 2014 compared with 17.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The father of the Sandy Hook killer searches for answers.  —  In Peter Lanza's new house, on a secluded private road in Fairfield County, Connecticut, is an attic room overflowing with shipping crates of what he calls “the stuff.”  Since the day in December, 2012, when his son Adam killed his own mother …

EXCLUSIVE-RAND PAUL: STOP WARPING REAGAN'S FOREIGN POLICY  —  Every Republican likes to think he or she is the next Ronald Reagan.  Some who say this do so for lack of their own ideas and agenda.  Reagan was a great leader and President.  But too often people make him into something …

John Kerry's brutal CNN joke  —  Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a knife to the heart of CNN during Saturday night's address at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, the white-tie-and-tails event hosted by Washington's most prestigious press group.  —  During a humorous and well-received speech …

26 Democrats Plan a Senate All-Nighter on Climate Change  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate was headed into another all-nighter Monday evening as 26 Democrats who call themselves the “climate caucus” planned to speak nonstop about climate change from about 6:30 p.m. until 9 a.m. Tuesday.

CPAC BONUS SATURDAY — THE PRINCESS IN EXCELSIS … WASHINGTON, D.C. — By now, and by god, it should have settled permanently in the consciousness of the nation what a huge and untoward gamble with the country John McCain and his campaign took in 2008 when they elevated Sarah Palin …

Feds withdraw subpoena of Port Authority chairman in conflict of interest investigation  —  Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have withdrawn a subpoena seeking records related to Port Authority Chairman David Samson, knowledgeable sources said Monday afternoon.

Poll shows Paul Broun with double-digit lead in GOP Senate race  —  A poll released Monday conducted by left-leaning Public Policy Polling is showing some separation in the wide-open GOP contest to replace U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss.  —  The poll, commissioned by the lefty guerrilla group Better Georgia …

'True Detective's' predictable, simplistic finale  —  Editor's note: Alyssa Rosenberg is PostOpinions's new culture blogger.  Her own blog will be launching in the coming days.  This post discusses the season finale of “True Detective” in extensive detail.

Bill Clinton slams ‘crazy’ moves on Ukraine  —  Former President Bill Clinton on Monday jabbed Russian President Vladimir Putin for treating Ukraine as a “piece on the international chessboard” without concern for its people, and added that pushing the country toward a split was a “crazy,” outdated maneuver.

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: What we know and don't know  —  (CNN) — Three days ago, a Malaysian passenger jet with more than 200 people on board vanished in the skies over Southeast Asia.  —  On Monday, investigators appeared to be no closer to explaining how a large plane could seemingly disappear into thin air.

61% of young Republicans favor same-sex marriage  —  There is a little nuance here, right?  Judging by the chart, the question asked whether they favor gays and lesbians to marry *legally*.  That part doesn't really filter into the write-up:  —  A more accurate version of the second graph would read …

We are all right-wingers now: How Fox News, ineffective liberals, corporate Dems and GOP money captured everything  —  I used to talk to the political scientist Adolph Reed, Jr. a lot back in the '90s when we both lived in Chicago and wrote for the same magazines.

Leon Wieseltier's Moral Posturing on Crimea Suggests He Learned Nothing From his Moral Posturing on Iraq  —  “There is the question of how to respond practically to Putin's aggression and there is the question of how to respond intellectually,” writes Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic …

The New Glenn Beck  —  Glenn Beck is tired of politics.  —  “I think politics is a game, and I think people watch politics as a game, like they watch the NFL,” he tells me, leaning back in his chair.  He once thought Washington politicians “actually believed in something.”  Now, he says, “I don't think they do.”

Meet America's Most Hated Doctors  —  You received years of specialized training in a field that you're passionate about.  You've decided to work in an area of the country where you feel you can make a difference.  You have a family, and you're primarily concerned about helping other families thrive.

Republican Congressman Says The Government Didn't Shut Down During The Government Shutdown  —  South Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Sanford says the government shutdown wasn't really a shutdown.  —  South Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Sanford claimed in an interview that was posted on YouTube Sunday that the …

The Next President Is Getting Some New Wheels  —  The model year 2017 presidential limo will replace the one unveiled at Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural  —  The leader of the free world is getting some new wheels.  —  The Secret Service is proceeding with development of a new presidential limousine …