Just 7 percent of journalists are Republicans.  That's far fewer than even a decade ago.  —  A majority of American journalists identify themselves as political independents although among those who choose a side Democrats outnumber Republicans four to one, according to a new study …

Harry Reid: No Senate Benghazi panel  —  'There won't be one.  There's no conspiracy here, it was a tragedy,' Reid said.  Getty  —  Close  —  The Senate will not form a select committee to investigate the White House's handling of an attack on a Libyan consulate in 2012, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday.

Exclusive: Monica Lewinsky Writes About Her Affair with President Clinton  —  Monica Lewinsky writes in Vanity Fair for the first time about her affair with President Clinton: “It's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.”  She also says: “I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton.

Parody Obama Movie Posters Arrive in L.A. for President's Visit  —  Movie posters for a spoof entitled “Saving Barack Obama” have hit Los Angeles ahead of the president's visit the city.  —  The posters, which feature President Obama walking into the horizon between a pair of his teleprompters …

House candidate: I'd ‘rather see’ terror attack than TSA screening  —  A candidate for Congress in Georgia said earlier this year that he'd rather see another terrorist attack on the United States than have Transportation Security Agency screenings at airports.

GOP TO EXAMINE CLAIM THAT EPA BLOCKING PROBES … WASHINGTON (AP) — A yearslong turf battle between the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general and an EPA unit run by President Barack Obama's political staff is getting an airing before Congress by a top investigator who accuses …

Nigeria's government defends its actions as more girls are abducted  —  CNN anchor Isha Sesay will be live from Abuja on CNN International, Monday to Thursday at 5, 7, 8.30 and 9 p.m. CET.  —  Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Nigeria defended its response to the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls …

Yuppie, Get Your Gun  —  Harking back to the partisans of World War II, young Ukrainians train for irregular combat against the Russians.  —  You have to drive about 30 miles outside Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv before the smooth, straight motorway dotted with billboards featuring Ralph Lauren and Versace finally comes to an end.

Rockefeller talks Obama and race  —  Sen. Jay Rockefeller unloaded on lawmakers Tuesday, accusing some of blocking efforts to solve urgent problems during Barack Obama's presidency “because he's the wrong color.”  —  Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), who will retire at the end of the year …

EXCLUSIVE: EMAILS REVEAL CLOSE GOOGLE RELATIONSHIP WITH NSA  —  National Security Agency head and Internet giant's executives have coordinated through high-level policy discussions  —  Email exchanges between National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander and Google executives Sergey Brin …

Swearing off bad language: Russia bans cussing in films, books, music  —  (CNN) — Thinking about making a film?  Better leave out the foul language if you want it to be seen in Russia.  The same goes for plays.  Even rock stars will need to leave their potty mouths at home.

Anti-Anal Sex Lawmaker Steve Hickey Makes His Crudest Analogy Yet (VIDEO)  —  To say that Steve Hickey is repulsed by anal sex is to say that South Dakota winters are a bit cold.  —  But the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based pastor and member of the state's House of Representatives managed to outdo himself on Monday …

MSNBC Celebrates Cinco De Mayo In Worst Possible Way  —  MSNBC tried its hand at cultural commentary on Monday with a Cinco de Mayo segment featuring a stereotypical portrayal of a stumbling Mexican by a reporter pretending to guzzle tequila straight from the bottle.

Senate Candidate Belittles His Opponent As Just A Young Woman Who Has No Life Experience  —  Matt Bevin campaigning in Lexington.  —  CREDIT: Scott Keyes  —  MADISONVILLE, Kentucky — Senate candidate Matt Bevin doesn't think much of his potential Democratic opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes.

Suspicious Car Led to White House Lockdown  —  The White House went on lockdown this afternoon around 4:40 p.m. after a car somehow made it past the barricades on Pennsylvania Avenue, authorities said.  —  Security officials closed the gates, cleared the North Lawn, and asked occupants …

Shouting protestors shut down Senate, some arrested  —  Protestors disrupt Senate News-Leader  —  JEFFERSON CITY - For about an hour this morning, Medicaid expansion demonstrators shut down the Senate, shouting and praying as police led them away.  —  Organizers said at least 15 people …

Obama Calls Kidnapping Of Nigerian Girls ‘Heartbreaking’ And ‘Outrageous’  —  ABC News' Ginger Zee and Mary Bruce report:  —  Speaking out for the first time on the horrific kidnapping, President Obama on Tuesday called the abduction of the Nigerian school girls “heartbreaking” and “outrageous.”