Tucson Tea Party founder tells TPM that her group is “deeply saddened” by today’s shooting spree but will not tone down its rhetoric.

Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has announced that in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) the House will delay all votes that had previously been scheduled for this coming week. That would include the vote expected Wednesday to repeal health care reform.

Pia Carusone, the chief of staff for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), has released the following statement about today’s shooting: Read More

The death of U.S. District Judge John Roll in today’s Tucson shooting has been overshadowed by the wounding of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in part because it appears that Roll was not the target of the shooter but was, in the words of the local sheriff, in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Nonetheless, the U.S. marshall’s service, which is in charge of security for federal judges, tells TPM that it is taking “appropriate actions to ensure the security of the federal judiciary.”

Gabe Zimmerman, director of community outreach for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was among those who were killed in this morning’s shooting spree.

From last year Rep. Giffords (D-AZ) responds to earlier vandalism incident at her office and being placed on Sarah Palin’s ‘crosshairs’ list.

“We’re on Sarah Palin’s targeted list. But the thing is the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun site over our district. People do that they’ve got to realize there’s consequences to that action.”

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During this week’s reading of the Constitution on the House floor, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) drew the First Amendment, including, of course, “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” Watch.

President Obama sends FBI Director Mueller to Arizona to help oversee investigation.

Suspected shooter Jared Loughner left a trail on the Internet.

Here’s what appears to be the Youtube channel of suspected shooter Jared Loughner.