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9:20 PM ET, September 16, 2013

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Police search for active shooter on grounds of Washington Navy Yard in Southeast D.C. — A D.C. police officer is among the people shot at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning. — A police spokesman confirmed at 9:20 a.m. that the officer was shot near the room where a lone gunman …

Jonah Spangenthal-Lee / SPD Blotter:

Suspect In Navy Yard Attack Previously Arrested In Seattle For “Anger-Fueled” Shooting — Aaron Alexis, the man identified by Washington D.C. police as a suspect in this morning's tragic attack on a US Navy Yard, was previously arrested by Seattle police in 2004 for shooting out the tires …

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, Washington Wire, Washington Post, Gawker, msnbc.com, WJLA-TV, The Huffington Post, Guardian, Business Insider, The Hinterland Gazette, Jammie Wearing Fools and Shall Not Be Questioned

Deanna Boyd / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Fort Worth man, 34, accused of shootings in Navy Yard — FORT WORTH — The man suspected of killing 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, identified as Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, left the Navy in 2011. — Alexis, 34, was fatally shot after a gunbattle with police at the site …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill, The Hill, Mediaite, Politico, Gawker and Guardian

Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:

One Conservative's Provocative Rules For Covering Mass Shootings — David Frum is a former Bush Administration speechwriter and one of the loudest conservative voices arguing in favor of new laws targeted at reducing gun violence. When the news of the Navy Yard shooting broke Monday morning …

Discussion: National Review, Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice

Los Angeles Times:

Live updates: Navy Yard shooter ‘had a pattern of misconduct’ — This post has been corrected. See below for details. — WASHINGTON — The 34-year-old former Navy electrician's mate identified as the gunman who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been discharged from the service …

Discussion: The Switch, NBCNews, Dallas Morning News, TalkLeft, Hullabaloo, TechCrunch, Hot Air, Clayton Cramer's Blog, Crooks and Liars, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo

New York Times:

Gunman and 12 Victims Killed in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard — WASHINGTON — At least 13 people, including one gunman, were killed, and the police were looking for other potential suspects, in a shooting Monday morning at a naval office building not far from Capitol Hill and the White House, police officials said.

Discussion: CNN, American Power, Sister Toldjah, The Lede, PoliticusUSA, NPR, The Week, Macleans.ca and Boing Boing

Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:

Russian Official Gloats Over Navy Yard Shooting — With multiple people injured and the gunman still at large, a member of Russia's parliamentary foreign affairs committee says the shooting is an example of “American exceptionalism.” — A shooting at the Washington Navy Yard …

Discussion: Defense One, Mediaite, The Hinterland Gazette, The Huffington Post, Business Insider and TheBlaze.com

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Navy Yard shooting update: Senate lockdown ‘partially’ lifted

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots, ABC News and WJLA-TV

Matt Hadro / NewsBusters:
Fort Hood 2009? CNN Anchor Can't Remember the Last Shooting at ‘U.S. Military Facility’

Discussion: Twitchy, Mediaite, Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs, Washington Free Beacon and Ed Driscoll

Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
How Gun Laws Factor Into The Navy Yard Shooting

Discussion: Guardian

Associated Press:
OFFICIALS: 2ND SHOOTER POSSIBLE AT NAVY YARD

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers

nbcwashington.com:
Four Dead Among 10 Shot at D.C. Navy Yard; At Least 1 Shooter Still At Large

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Hot Air, Mediaite, NBCNews, The Hinterland Gazette, RIA Novosti, WND, The Week, The Moderate Voice, Weasel Zippers, The Other McCain and Ed Driscoll

Barbara Starr / CNN:
Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard

Discussion: Defense One, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, ABC News, The Jawa Report, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Mediaite, Politico, WJLA-TV and American Spectator

Navy.mil:
Active Shooter at Washington Navy Yard

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, NPR, Mediaite, Yahoo! News, Mashable, ThinkProgress, Defense One, The Gateway Pundit, The Hinterland Gazette, Shakesville, The Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

Max Fisher / WorldViews:
Russian official blames Navy Yard shooting on ‘American exceptionalism’

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, The Lonely Conservative, American Power, Business Insider and Mashable

ABC News:
Navy Yard Shooting Suspect Identified as Aaron Alexis

Discussion: Politico

nbcwashington.com:
Gunman ID'd in D.C. Navy Yard Shooting That Killed at Least 12

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Wake up America, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air

Associated Press: Mayor: 13 dead, including gunman, at Navy Yard

WJLA-TV:
Washington Navy Yard shooting: Aaron Alexis identified as shooter

Discussion: CNN, ABC News, American Spectator and Yahoo! News

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:

This Time There Really Will Be a Government Shutdown — And that's not all bad — Suffice it to say, it's hard to do a deal when the only thing the other guy wants is the one thing you can't give him. This null set scenario is, unfortunately, precisely where we find ourselves in the debate …

Discussion: The Plum Line

Reuters:
Obama says he will not negotiate with Congress on debt ceiling

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Conservatives: Obama will blink

Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos, Connecting.the.Dots, Hullabaloo, The Impolitic and NationalJournal.com

The Atlantic Online:
How a Small Team of Democrats Defeated Larry Summers—and Obama

Discussion: Politico, Felix Salmon, ThinkProgress, Hot Air, BillMoyers.com, The Huffington Post, Firedoglake, Power Line, neo-neocon, Macleans.ca, New York Times, Wonkblog, Outside the Beltway and Taylor Marsh

First Read / NBCNews:
First Thoughts: Health care remains a tough sell

Discussion: The Dish, Wonkblog, Hit & Run and The Plum Line

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
As Health Care Law Proceeds, Opposition and Uncertainty Persist

Discussion: Weekly Standard, USA Today, NBCNews, NewsBusters, National Review, Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, The Week, PoliticusUSA, Washington Monthly, The Plum Line, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, The Heritage Foundation, ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon and The Reaction

Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:

A Lot Of People Are Very Upset That An Indian-American Woman Won The Miss America Pageant — Sunday night Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned the winner the 2014 Miss America Pageant. She is the first contestant of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America. — Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Week, Mediaite, msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Jezebel

Scott Kaufman / The Raw Story:

Fox News host: new Miss America, Nina Davuluri, doesn't ‘represent American values’ — The crowning of Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, as Miss America should have been, to paraphrase her platform, a celebration of diversity through cultural competency. But in the hours after her victory …

Discussion: Sky News, Daily Mail, The Moderate Voice, AMERICAblog News and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Miss America Nina Davuluri brushes off racist remarks

Discussion: New Jersey Online and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

CNN:
The new Miss America is... (CNN) — She's the second consecutive …

Discussion: Associated Press and The Hinterland Gazette

Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:

MAN ARRESTED IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE — You are here — Home » United States government » Man arrested in front of White House — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service has arrested a man for tossing firecrackers over a fence at the White House.

Discussion: Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Hill

Aimee Parnes / The Hill:
Obama phones Navy secretary to offer his condolences

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:

Obama's ‘unbelievably small’ presidency — If you have any doubts that President Obama's handling of Syria is an utter debacle, witness the embarrassing spectacle this morning as his top aides scramble to place blame for it at their boss's feet. — In today's Wall Street Journal …

Discussion: Questions and Observations and Washington Wire

Wall Street Journal:
Inside the White House's Reversal on Syria

Discussion: NewsBusters, Daniel W. Drezner, Washington Post, The Long War Journal, Washington Wire, Israel Matzav and Reuters

Wall Street Journal:
Shiite Militiamen From Across the Arab World Train at a Base Near Tehran to Do Battle in Syria

Discussion: Israpundit, National Review and Foreign Policy

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Dianne Feinstein: Congress ‘shirking’ duty on guns — The fatal shootings at the Washington Navy Yard are evidence that Congress is “shirking its responsibility” on the gun debate, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday. — The California Democrat said the type of guns allegedly used by the shooter …

Discussion: The Raw Story

Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Senate Officials Shut Complex While Shooter Sought

Discussion: Associated Press

Erik Wasson / The Hill:

House GOP moves forward with $40 billion cut to food stamps — House Republicans on Monday introduced a food stamp reform bill that they say will cut $40 billion from the program over 10 years. — The move sets up a dramatic debate and vote on the bill on Thursday, with the fate …

Discussion: Politico and Hot Air

Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:

Exclusive: Bill Daley drops bid for Illinois governor — In this raw Sept. 16, 2013 interview, Bill Daley explains to Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Pearson why he is dropping out of the Illniois governor's race. (WGN-TV) — Bill Daley abruptly ended his bid for the Democratic nomination …

Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo

Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:

Obamacare will question your sex life — A man holds a sign at the ‘Exempt American from Obamacare’ rally on Sept. 10, 2013 — 'Are you sexually active? If so, with one partner, multiple partners or same-sex partners? Be ready to answer those questions and more the next time you go to the doctor …

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, Pirate's Cove and Jammie Wearing Fools

James Hohmann / Politico:

Why Ken Cuccinelli is losing the Virginia governor's race — Republicans can't believe this is happening: Democrat Terry McAuliffe — whose controversial business dealings and past life as a party moneyman make him a walking negative ad — has taken command of the Virginia governor's race.