BARACK OBAMA

Political feelings always run high in the home stretch of a campaign, but anyone looking to find the most depressing, offensive comments needed to look no further than Twitter after President Barack Obama won re-election over Mitt Romney.

The political fallout from CIA Director David Petraeus’ resignation only looks to be spreading up with the news an FBI whistleblower alerted House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

A powerful earthquake hit the city of Shwebo in central Myanmar early Sunday leaving at least five people dead and several others missing.

New economic data from Asia will be the focus as the fiscal cliff and the next tranche of Greek aid continue to weigh.

Two states with some of the most beautiful natural features in America now have another green attraction point for tourists: The marijuana-legalization measures approved by voters in Colorado and Washington last week make it OK for adults 21 and older to possess small amounts of grass -- not only resident adults but also visiting adults.

Sean Hannity, a conservative pundit and Fox News Channel personality, announced a sudden change of heart about immigration on his nationally syndicated talk-radio show "The Sean Hannity Show."

A young woman has been fired from her job and is being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service for writing on Facebook that President Barack Obama might get assassinated during his second term. Denise Helms, 22, is also being called a racist in social-media circles because of the highly charged language in her post.

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus was reportedly having an extramarital affair with biographer Paula Broadwell. Even more salacious is the possibility that the apparent cuckold in this case previously wrote to an advice column in the New York Times.

U.S. President Barack Obama has been declared the winner in Florida -- four days after the Nov. 6 general elections.

While the Republican Party has to broaden its appeal to have a future, it still controls more than half of the U.S. state legislatures.

Ghana's presidential election pits incumbent John Mahama against challenger Nana Akufo-Addo, with fear of corruption as the backdrop.

Asian markets fell in the week with the investor sentiment turning negative following the concerns about the U.S. facing a “fiscal cliff” consisting of tax increases and spending cuts at the beginning of next year.

After Barack Obama gained a second term in office as a result of the U.S. presidential election Tuesday, business magnate and reality-television star Donald Trump went on a lengthy Twitter rant, calling in part for a revolution against Obama. Now, in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Trump revealed he has “no regrets” about the rant.

Ashley Judd may be stepping away from acting to pursue another role. Judd has been getting plenty of ink regarding a possible turn as a U.S. senator for Kentucky.

Daniel Day-Lewis has been at the center of speculation as a potential Academy Award winner as the best actor in a leading role ever since the first “Lincoln” trailer hit the Internet. However, the actor's inspiration in portraying Abraham Lincoln may have come more from “Team of Rivals,” the biography on which “Lincoln” is based, than from historical lore.

Move to Canada, eh? Conservative Americans are thinking about it.

The Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egypt government has had its ups/downs with Obama. Now, Cairo's message is clear: help improve our economy.

Trump went after "You've Been Trumped" filmmaker Anthony Baxter in a volley of six tweets

The Army general who heads the CIA submitted his letter of resignation on Friday, and it was accepted by the President.

Of all the political reactions from around the world to Obama's re-election, the one from Mario Borghezio, an Italian member of the European Parliament, takes the cake for un-diplomatic vulgarity and just plain weirdness.

An encouraged Barack Obama has invited congressional leaders to the White House for the beginning of fiscal-cliff talks next week.