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2:35 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 …

Navy.mil:

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.

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

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: WorldViews, The Hinterland Gazette, Mediaite, Business Insider, The Huffington Post and TheBlaze.com

nbcwashington.com:

Four Dead Among 10 Shot at D.C. Navy Yard; At Least 1 Shooter Still At Large — D.C. police officer, base security officer among those shot; at least one gunman still at large — Four people were killed and at least 10 were shot - two of the victims police officers - at the Washington …

Discussion: Hot Air, NBCNews, The Other McCain and WND

Associated Press:

OFFICIALS: 2ND SHOOTER POSSIBLE AT NAVY YARD — You are here — Home » U.S. Navy » Officials: 2nd shooter possible at Navy Yard — WASHINGTON (AP) — Two officials say police are looking into the possibility of a second shooter at the Washington Navy Yard where several people were killed.

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

Washington Times:
One shooter dead, hunt on for two more; death toll expected to climb in Navy Yard rampage

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

CNN:
Breaking: 1 suspect dead, 2 possibly at large in Navy Yard shooting

Discussion: The Jawa Report

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

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite and Hot Air

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
WH: ‘We Urge Citizens to Listen to the Authorities and Follow Directions from the First Responders on Site’

Discussion: Shot in the Dark and Ed Driscoll

Politico:
Shooter dead at Navy Yard; police hunt for more gunmen

Discussion: ABC News

Dan Morrison / CBS DC:
12 Dead at D.C. Navy Yard, 2 More Possible Shooters At Large

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative

Los Angeles Times:
Live updates: At least 12 dead in Washington Navy Yard shooting

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller

WJLA-TV:
Washington Navy Yard shooting: Active shooter sought in Southeast D.C.

Discussion: Yahoo! News and American Spectator

Kyle Balluck / The Hill:

Conservatives: Obama will blink — A weakened President Obama will back down if there is a standoff over funding ObamaCare and preventing a government shutdown, House conservatives say. — They are urging Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, NationalJournal.com and Politico

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, National Review, The Plum Line, Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon and The Reaction

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:

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 …

Discussion: Des Moines Register, Washington Post, Connecting.the.Dots, The Week, Daily Kos, Politico, Ballot Box, No More Mister Nice Blog and Shakesville

USA Today:
USA TODAY/Pew poll: Health care law faces difficult future

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Plum Line and Hot Air

Mark Murray / NBCNews:
Poll: Obamacare remains highly unpopular as implementation looms

Discussion: Firedoglake and Hot Air

Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Two new polls tell us Americans are very, very confused about Obamacare

Discussion: The New Republic and NBCNews

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: msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

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

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, CNN, The Hinterland Gazette and New Jersey Online

The Atlantic Online:

How a Small Team of Democrats Defeated Larry Summers—and Obama — The president's presumptive choice for Federal Reserve chair withdrew his name from consideration on Sunday. — No one has ever said President Obama's relationship with Congress was warm.

Discussion: Power Line, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, Macleans.ca, addictinginfo.org, naked capitalism, Wonkblog, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Wire, Outside the Beltway and Taylor Marsh

New York Times:
Summers Pulls Name From Consideration for Fed Chief

Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post:
Summers' End

Discussion: Felix Salmon, Firedoglake, Washington Monthly and Washington Wire

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.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Des Moines Register, NationalJournal.com and First Read

Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
McAuliffe camp erupts over business PAC's choice of Cuccinelli for Virginia governor

Discussion: The Fix, Ballot Box and WJLA-TV

Detroit Free Press:

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 …

Discussion: Hit & Run and Betsy's Page

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: Althouse, Pirate's Cove and Jammie Wearing Fools

United Nations:

LATEST STATEMENTS — New York, 16 September 2013 - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the report of the United Nations Missions to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons on the incident that occurred on 21 August 2013 in the Ghouta area of Damascus

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Defense One and Business Insider

Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
UN: ‘CONVINCING EVIDENCE’ OF SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK

Discussion: The Hill, Taylor Marsh and BuzzFeed

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Media doesn't hold back on President Obama — 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.

Avi Tuschman / Salon:

Inside the conservative brain: What explains their wiring? — The question of human nature reliably polarized political philosophers across many centuries and several oceans. One group of these thinkers viewed people as innately cooperative or potentially compassionate; another group argued for an inherently competitive human nature.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland