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 …

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.”

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 …

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray: Cuts ‘put people at risk’  —  As questions grow about the access the gunman in Monday's shooting had to Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said Tuesday that sequestration cut costs of projects, then “we put people at risk,” when asked whether it was about policy or money.

Washington Navy Yard shooting: Aaron Alexis was treated for “serious mental illness”  —  WASHINGTON (AP/WJLA) - The deadly attack at the Washington Navy Yard was carried out by one of the military's own: a defense contract employee and former Navy reservist who used a valid pass to get onto …

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 …

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.

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.