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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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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 …
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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 …
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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.”
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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 …
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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 …
Associated Press:
Washington Navy Yard shooting: Aaron Alexis was treated for “serious mental illness”
Washington Navy Yard shooting: Aaron Alexis was treated for “serious mental illness”
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Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Carney: Obama Implementing Executive Actions Following Navy Yard Shooting
Carney: Obama Implementing Executive Actions Following Navy Yard Shooting
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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
One Conservative's Provocative Rules For Covering Mass Shootings
One Conservative's Provocative Rules For Covering Mass Shootings
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Navy Yard shooting hits home
Navy Yard shooting hits home
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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Aaron Alexis, Suspect In Washington Navy Yard Shooting, Was Once Arrested For Shooting Bullet Into Neighbor's Home
Aaron Alexis, Suspect In Washington Navy Yard Shooting, Was Once Arrested For Shooting Bullet Into Neighbor's Home
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Wall Street Journal:
If House Republicans can't hold together, they have no leverage at all. — Perhaps the only war strategizing more inept than President Obama's on Syria are GOP plans for the budget hostilities this autumn. Republicans are fracturing over tactics, and even over the nature of political reality …
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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.
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Get Ready for the Status Quo — For months now, my theory has been that there were two competing narratives about what the political environment would be like for next year's midterm elections and, for that matter, going into the 2016 presidential election.
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
This Time There Really Will Be a Government Shutdown
This Time There Really Will Be a Government Shutdown
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Powerful Senate Conservatives Fund Expands To Focus On House Races
Powerful Senate Conservatives Fund Expands To Focus On House Races
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Robert Costa / National Review:
The Movement Strikes Back — As the deadline to fund …
The Movement Strikes Back — As the deadline to fund …
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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 …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Obama's style on Syria needs refashioning
Obama's style on Syria needs refashioning
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Franchise owners come to Washington to plead for ObamaCare relief — Franchise restaurant owners have come to Washington seeking a change to ObamaCare that they say could prevent them from having to cut their employees' hours. — The healthcare law requires large employers to provide insurance …
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