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NPR's Noel King talks with Caleb Downs of the San Antonio Express News, about today's mass shooting in Texas.

Authorities say that 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley had a brief and troubled enlistment in the U.S. Air Force before being court-martialed and discharged in 2014 for assaulting his wife and child.

At stake is control of the Washington state Senate, where the GOP holds a one-seat majority. It's currently the only Republican-held legislative chamber on the West Coast.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbot says at least 26 people were killed in Sunday's shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs. The gunman is dead — the exact circumstances are under investigation.

Sutherland Springs, scene of a church shooting that killed 26 people, is a tight-knit community. Late Sunday, the town held a vigil. It seemed that everyone there had lost someone in the shooting.

The president said he expected Japan to buy lots of new weapons from the U.S., including missile interceptors and new F-35 fighter jets.

Also: How President Trump is slowly affecting U.S. policy; suspected tornadoes in Ohio and Indiana injure eight people; and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suffers broken ribs in a home attack.

At a ceremony at Tokyo's Akasaka palace, the president appears to grow weary of a traditional koi feeding — so he simply dumps the contents of his box of fish food. But video tells the whole tale.

Paul's senior adviser Doug Stafford said the 54-year-old Kentucky senator "has five rib fractures, including three displaced fractures." His alleged attacker is a doctor and a neighbor.

The president's visit will be a defining moment. Will the region be reassured and put at ease or left only further concerned that the era of Pax Americana may finally be ending?