TPM has made contact with a number of House leadership aides on both sides of the aisle. All under lockdown but all report they’re safe/fine.

DC police say they have no information on shooting incident.

FBI says they’re responding to the scene of reported shooting.

Capitol Police rushed tourists out of the building.

The US Capitol is currently on lockdown after reports of a shooting.

TPM has two reporters in the lockdown zone. We’ve communicated with both of them. And they are both fine.

House GOP campaign chair apparently told high dollar funders last month that they were going shutdown to placate the Tea Party.

GOP Rep. bawls out Park Ranger, forces her to apologize for shutdown. Watch.

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul have a hot mic moment.

Here’s Chuck Todd calling out Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) — and by extension Republicans in general — on the big canard about Congress getting a special “exemption” from Obamacare. Watch.

Angry GOP senators reportedly confronted Ted Cruz in a closed-door meeting yesterday.

Chuck Todd dropping some serious Obamacare debunkage on Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) right now on MSNBC. More soon …

Some interesting perspectives on the government shutdown from DC-based reporters for foreign news outlets.