WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Seven people were arrested in the Los Angeles area in a sprawling, hours-long protest against California's newly approved gay marriage ban, authorities said.  Thousands took to the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco to protest California's passage of Proposition 8, a ban on gay marriage.

A few days after calling Sen. Barack Obama "scrawny" at an Ohio campaign rally, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued a congratulatory message to the Democratic president-elect.  "Today is a historic day for our nation - a day many thought they'd never see," The Republican governor's statement said. "It is an end to a long and important campaign, and the beginning of a...

The View's conservative cutie Elizabeth Hasselbeck stunned viewers today by throwing her support behind president-elect Barack Obama.  Executive Producer Barbara Walters asked Hasselbeck, who campaigned with John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin, how she felt after seeing McCain/Palin go down to defeat on election night.

Barack Obama, appearing at a giant lakefront rally in Chicago shortly after being elected the country's first black president, tells the nation, "Change has come to America."  With euphoric cheers from more than 100,000 people jammed in the city's lakefront park to joyful tears in...

WASHINGTON -- John McCain says the American people have spoken, and congratulates Barack Obama on his victory in the presidential race. Obama accepts McCain's concession and asks his rival for help in leading the country.