Active Shooter at Washington Navy Yard  —  WASHINGTON (NNS) — An active shooter was reported inside the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building (Bldg.  197) on the Washington Navy Yard at 8:20 a.m. (Eastern Time).  —  There is one confirmed injury.

Summers Withdraws Name for Fed Chairmanship  —  Former Treasury Secretary Calls Obama, Cites ‘Acrimonious’ Coming Confirmation  —  WASHINGTON— Lawrence Summers, a former U.S. Treasury secretary, called President Barack Obama Sunday to say he is pulling out of the contest to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

As Health Care Law Proceeds, Opposition and Uncertainty Persist  —  One-in-Four Backs Efforts to Make the Law Fail  —  As a key step in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act approaches, public views of the 2010 health care law are as negative as ever, and many are unaware of the elements …

Ky. Sen. Mitch McConnell faces hard choices on spending  —  Health care, sequester cuts and debt limit confront the Republican.  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON — As Congress faces a potential meltdown over the budget and spending, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is staring at tough political choices.

President Obama holds fire — but media doesn't  —  President Barack Obama is damaging his presidency, weakening America's standing in the world, and displaying “inexplicable” incompetence.  —  The media figure making those accusations isn't Bill O'Reilly or Rush Limbaugh, Charles Krauthammer or Glenn Beck.

Sources: Cuomo working on an end to Democratic mayoral primary  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo will hold an event with Bill de Blasio and Bill Thompson later this morning to help bring an end to the Democratic mayoral primary, according to multiple sources.  —  De Blasio won Tuesday's primary …

CNN 2016 Poll: Clinton favored for Democrats; no clear GOP leader  —  Washington (CNN) — A new national poll in the battle for the 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential nominations indicates what you would expect: Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming Democratic frontrunner …

How Detroit went broke: The answers may surprise you - and don't blame Coleman Young  —  Detroit is broke, but it didn't have to be.  An in-depth Free Press analysis of the city's financial history back to the 1950s shows that its elected officials and others charged with managing …

Joe Biden peppers steak-fry speech with 2016 themes  —  INDIANOLA, Iowa — Run for president?  Who?  Joe Biden?  —  The vice president ostensibly played it cool at Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin's annual steak-fry fundraiser Sunday, mugging for the crowd about how he can't imagine why everyone would make such a fuss about his trip.

Give Jobs a Chance  —  This week the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee — the group of men and women who set U.S. monetary policy — will be holding its sixth meeting of 2013.  At the meeting's end, the committee is widely expected to announce the so-called “taper” — a slowing of the pace at which it buys long-term assets.

Chris Christie, America's most overrated governor: Moran  —  More spin than substance.  Gov. Chris Christie at Seaside Heights on Friday.  (EPA/Justin Lane)  —  If you leave New Jersey for a weekend, be ready for people to ask you about Gov. Chris Christie.

Congress's Exemption from Obamacare  —  Make Congress get insurance the same way the little people do?  Hill denizens howl in fury.  —  Prostitution.  Bribery.  Blackmail.  Thuggery.  Hypocrisy.  —  Those were just some of the incendiary words thrown around the U.S. Senate last week …

Barney Frank Leaves Wall Street Defenders Speechless: Why Are Bankers ‘Paying Themselves So Much Money?’  —  As his fellow panelists sought to sidestep criticisms of the financial industry on the five-year anniversary of the bank failure that kicked the financial crisis and Great Recession into full swing …

A Win-Win-Win for Everyone (Except the Syrians)  —  The U.S.-Russian deal on Assad's chemical weapons shows diplomacy is possible when interests converge.  —  It should be no surprise that U.S. and Russian diplomats struck a deal to get rid of Syria's chemical weapons so quickly.