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12:25 PM ET, June 14, 2017

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Washington Post:
Shooter identified by law enforcement officials as James T. Hodgkinson  —  The shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice this morning is James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., according to law enforcement officials.  Hodgkinson, 66, owns a home inspection business.
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Fox News:
Steve Scalise shot in Virginia, aide also hit  —  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip and at least one other aide was also hit in the chest by a gunman with a rifle who opened fire at a baseball practice in Virginia Wednesday morning, Fox News confirmed.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Scalise among wounded in shooting at congressional baseball game practice field  —  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is in stable condition after being shot early Wednesday at a baseball practice field in a Washington D.C. suburb, according to multiple reports.  —  Sen. Rand Paul
CNN:
Rep. Scalise shot in Virginia  —  Rep. Brooks: Scalise crawled with trail of blood  —  Washington (CNN)Rep. Steve Scalise was shot Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, a House colleague told CNN, in what sources are calling an apparent “deliberate attack.”
Dana Rieck / bnd:
Belleville suspect killed in congressional shootout belonged to anti-GOP groups  —  The shooter who was killed during gunfire at practice for a congressional baseball game Wednesday morning was from Belleville.  —  The shooter was James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, who belonged to a number …
CBS Detroit:
Congressman Details Hectic Moment Under Fire: ‘We Were Sitting Ducks; Gun Saved Our Lives’  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WWJ) - A Michigan representative who survived a gun attack during a congressional baseball practice Wednesday morning in Virginia is detailing the harrowing moments the gunman opened fire.
Washington Post:
Gunman fires on Alexandria park during GOP baseball practice; lawmaker Scalise among wounded  —  A gunman opened fire Wednesday morning on a baseball practice at a park in Alexandria involving Republican members of Congress, possibly injuring several including at least one lawmaker …
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
The morning after Virginia's primary, shooting puts politics on hold  —  The shooting in Alexandria on Wednesday put some politicking on hold, a day after Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam won their parties' primaries for Virginia governor.  —  The newly minted GOP ticket …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Acquaintance describes campaigning for Bernie Sanders with shooting suspect  —  Charles Orear, 50, a restaurant manager from St. Louis, said in an interview Wednesday that he became friendly with James T. Hodgkinson, whom law enforcement officials identified as the shooter …
Becca Stanek / The Week:
Rep. Mark Walker says gunman targeted congressional baseball practice ‘to kill as many Republican members as possible’  —  Shortly after the shooting Wednesday morning at a congressional baseball practice, Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) told NBC News that it appeared the “gunman was there to kill as many Republican members as possible.”
Washington Post:
Law enforcement officials identify James T. Hodgkinson as shooter at congressional ballgame practice
Chelsea Bailey / NBC News:
Rand Paul on Scalise Shooting: Capitol Police Prevented ‘Massacre’ in Virginia
Discussion: RedState, RealClearPolitics and NPR
Tom Cleary / Heavy.com:
James T. Hodgkinson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Discussion: AOL
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
Member of Congress Reportedly Shot at Baseball Field in Virginia
Discussion: Refinery29 and AOL
CBS News:
Shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, wounds GOP's Steve Scalise, officers
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   5 Injured, Including House Majority Whip, In GOP Baseball Practice Shooting
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Rep. Steve Scalise, 2 police officers and staffer shot
Discussion: Politico, Mother Jones and RedState
New York Times:
Trump Pondered Firing Mueller; His Aides Pushed Back  —  WASHINGTON — Last month's appointment of Robert S. Mueller III as a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia enraged President Trump.  Yet, at least initially, he holstered his Twitter finger and publicly said nothing.
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
NBC holding crisis meetings over Megyn Kelly … As families of the Sandy Hook victims continue to pressure NBC to ax Megyn Kelly's Sunday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the network has been holding crisis meetings about how to handle the backlash.
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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:   Megyn Kelly falls out of favor with the mainstream
Alan Fram / AP News:
AP sources: Trump tells senators House health bill ‘mean’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told Republican senators Tuesday that the House-passed health care bill he helped revive is “mean” and urged them to craft a version that is “more generous,” congressional sources said.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:   Trump tries to master the art of the tiny
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats to file emoluments lawsuit against Trump  —  Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress agreed to file a lawsuit Wednesday against President Trump alleging that by retaining interests in a global business empire he has violated constitutional restrictions on taking gifts and benefits from foreign leaders.
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Daily Mail:
London fire: 12 confirmed dead after Grenfell Tower blaze  —  A woman with six children who was attempting to escape from the 21st floor of the London tower block fire this morning got to the bottom to discover two of them were missing, it has been claimed.  —  Dozens of horrific eyewitness accounts …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
David Bonderman Resigns From Uber Board After Sexist Remark  —  SAN FRANCISCO — David Bonderman, an Uber board member and partner at private equity firm TPG, is resigning from the board of the ride-hailing company after he made a disparaging remark about women at an Uber meeting on Tuesday …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sessions could earn a ticket to the grand jury  —  Dems smell blood, but it's not necessarily Jeff Sessions'.  The attorney general held his own at his high-stakes Senate hearing, at one point raising his voice to declare he was “not stonewalling,” and resented the “secret innuendo being leaked out there about me.”
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
 
 
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Becca Rotenberg / Axios:
Rep. Mo Brooks says gun control views unchanged by shooting
Discussion: The Week
Nick Timothy / Coffee House:
Where we went wrong … Nobody inside CCHQ was prepared …
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William G. Otis / USA Today:
Robert Mueller should recuse himself from Russia investigation
Discussion: NPR, The Atlantic and Power Line
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
Detroit News:
Flint manslaughter charges for Mich. health chief
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New York Times:
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New York Post:
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