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9:45 AM ET, September 17, 2013

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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 …
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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 …
Investigations:
Alleged Washington shooter served as Navy reservist, may have recently lost job  —  The man accused of killing 12 people in a gun rampage at the Washington Navy Yard was described by mystified friends and family as a Buddhist and Thai speaker who, in the words of one friend, “could not be the shooter.”
Ashley Halsey III / Washington Post:
D.C. Navy Yard gun attack kills 12, wounds 14; alleged shooter dead, ID'd as Aaron Alexis  —  A gunman killed a dozen people as the workday began at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, creating an improbable moment of horror at a military facility with armed guards at every gate …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
After shooting, talk turns to gun control  —  President Barack Obama on Monday stepped onto a podium and lamented the deaths of a senseless mass shooting — just as he did after Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn.  —  This time, his remarks came as office workers scrambled for cover …
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 …
Washington Post:
Navy Yard massacre should move Americans to more than sorrow  —  FOR ALL the unknowns about Monday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, there was a nauseating familiarity to the unfolding events: the witness accounts of chaos and fear; the plea from officials for the public's help …
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
MAN ARRESTED IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE
Discussion: Mediaite, Associated Press and The Hill
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Navy Yard shooting hits home
Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Gunman, 34, who murdered TWELVE in Washington Navy Yard rampage claimed he had 'anger issues …
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama blasts GOP ‘irresponsibility’ on budget, debt ceiling
NBCNews:
At least 12 killed in shooting rampage at Washington Navy Yard, chief says
New York Times:
Gunman and 12 Victims Killed in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard
Aimee Parnes / The Hill:
Obama phones Navy secretary to offer his condolences
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 …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
House GOP moves forward with $40 billion cut to food stamps
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Powerful Senate Conservatives Fund Expands To Focus On House Races
Wall Street Journal:
If House Republicans can't hold together, they have no leverage at all.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and msnbc.com
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Get Ready for the Status Quo
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Reuters:
Obama says he will not negotiate with Congress on debt ceiling
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Impolitic
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 …
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA SYRIA TERRORISM ISLAMIC JIHAD AL QAEDA BOB CORKER BASHAR ASSAD  —  President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups …
Fox News:
Fox News poll: 68 percent concerned about their health care under new law  —  Nearly 7 out of 10 voters are concerned about their personal health care under the Affordable Care Act and a majority wants to take the health care system back to 2009, according to the latest Fox News national poll.
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Alan Simpson: 'Don't use our names'  —  The bipartisan co-chairmen of the president's fiscal commission, former Sen. Alan Simpson and former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, said Tuesday they stand ready to help Congress figure out the nation's budget — but they don't have to attach their names to it.
Associated Press:
Costa Concordia pulled completely upright off Italy  —  Uprighted Costa Concordia is seen in waters just off Italy on Sept. 17, 2013 / CBS  —  The crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright early Tuesday after a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side …
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
Push for Yellen to Lead at Fed Gathers Steam  —  WASHINGTON — Janet L. Yellen told friends in recent weeks that she did not expect to be nominated as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.  Although she had been the Fed's vice chairman since 2010 and would make history as the first woman to hold the job …
Discussion: AEIdeas and Booman Tribune
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
About That Other Debacle  —  For ObamaCare, it's only the end of the beginning.  —  If you're the kind of driver who can't help but gawk at the wreckage when you pass an accident—and honestly, who isn't?—you'll enjoy today's lengthy account in The Wall Street Journal of the runup to last week's Putin-Assad triumph.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Backs Diplomatic Approach in Syria, But Distrusts Syria and Russia  —  Just 26% Think Syria Will Give up Chemical Arms  —  As U.S. and Russian diplomats reached an agreement over the weekend to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles, the public expresses support for a diplomatic approach …
 
 
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Coral Davenport / NationalJournal.com:
New Study Says Fracking Doesn't Contribute to Global Warming
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A Very Productive Chemical-Weapons Attack
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Franchise owners come to Washington to plead for ObamaCare relief
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The National Interest:
America's Middle East Policy Collapses
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Andrew Breitbart's Sweet, Sweet Victories
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Hugh Jackman breaks Hollywood silence on Syria: ‘No wonder Presidents go gray’
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein: Congress ‘shirking’ duty on guns
Discussion: Associated Press and The Raw Story
Associated Press:
RUSSIAN SHOT IN QUARREL OVER KANT'S PHILOSOPHY
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Partying for dollars: Mapping five years of political fundraisers
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John Koblin / New York Times:
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