Reuters - Sen. Edward Kennedy returned to the Capitol on Wednesday for the first time since his brain surgery last month, ready to provide fellow Democrats the needed 60th vote to clear a stalled-Medicare bill opposed by the White House.

AP - Sen. Barack Obama's vote in favor of anti-terrorist surveillance legislation on Wednesday marked an about-face on the issue that left him comfortably in the bipartisan middle, no matter the criticism from John McCain nor the discomfort among liberal Democrats.

Bloomberg - July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton is helping Barack Obama fill the coffers of his presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, raising about $4.1 million at one event in New York last night.

AP - The Democratic National Committee and Barack Obama's presidential campaign will hold meetings in all 50 states to get voters more involved in developing the party platform.

AP - In a break with tradition, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination in Denver at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium, instead of the Pepsi Center, site of the party's national convention.

Reuters - Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination next month at a Denver football stadium that can hold more than 75,000 people after the political party decided to open the event to a broader audience, officials said on Monday.

AP - John Kerry says Republican John McCain doesn't have the judgment to be president.

AP - Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.

AP - Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists.