Kathy Hochul's focus on "assault weapons" is puzzling, since the perpetrator easily could have killed the same number of people with a gun that did not fall into that politically defined category.

New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. But Monday’s mass shooting showed their limits, security experts said.

A shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper late on Monday that killed four people, including a New York City police officer, has been marked by statements of sorrow and prayers for the victims' families, but no sign of the Republican-controlled U.

Kamala Harris, the former vice president, announced that she has decided not to run for California’s top office.

Kamala Harris’ decision not to enter the governor’s race is an immense victory for her would-be Democratic opponents, unlocking troves of donors who had been waiting for her announcement and voters who almost universally know the former vice president.