SHOOTING AT GOP BASEBALL PRACTICE

Rep. Steve Scalise was shot Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, a House colleague told CNN, in what sources are calling an apparent “deliberate attack.” Source: CNN

POLITICAL SPIN: Shooting brings out partisan reaction

The shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise and four others at a baseball practice for Republican members of Congress on Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, was always going to quickly turn to politics. Source: CNN

POSSIBLE MOTIVE: Hodgkinson was anti-Trump, pro-Sanders

James T. Hodgkinson, the man identified as shooting a Republican member of congress and four others on Wednesday morning, was a small business owner in Illinois who defined himself publicly by his firm support of Bernie Sanders’ progressive politics — and his hatred of conservatives and President Donald Trump. Source: CNN

TRUMP STATEMENT: President calls for unity

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for unity in the wake of the shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice that injured five people, including a top House Republican. Source: CNN

Cillizza: The senators he needs to worry about

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will face down more than a dozen of his former colleagues this afternoon when he testifies in front of the Senate intelligence committee about the ongoing probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Source: CNN