AFP - US Senator Edward Kennedy underwent "successful" brain cancer surgery here Monday, his doctor said, and will follow up with chemotherapy as the political icon vowed a return to work and to campaigning for presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Politico - May 19 was a fairly typical day in the recent life of the Drudge Report.

AP - McCain uses speech to pro-Israel group to criticize Obama on Iran ... Clinton wins most Puerto Rico delegates, but Obama moves closer to nomination ... Obama, Clinton try to wrap up nomination with American Indian votes

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton will give her post-primary speech in New York Tuesday night, a rare departure from the campaign trail.

AP - Barack Obama said Monday he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton will be "working together in November" despite fears by some that the Democratic Party will be divided after the long and bitter primary campaign.

AP - Looking to bring finality to the Democratic presidential campaign, Barack Obama worked furiously Monday to win over enough superdelegates to clinch the nomination with the final primaries Tuesday.

AFP - Actor George Clooney called Saturday for China and other major countries to raise the pressure on Sudan to end the bloodshed in Darfur.

AP - Most senators acknowledge that climate change poses a major environmental threat, but getting agreement on how to deal with it is another matter.

AP - The race all but over, Hillary Rodham Clinton is determining how to end her historic candidacy with her dignity intact and future secure.

AP - The purification ceremony isn't an everyday ritual of U.S. presidential politics.

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that pushed Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination.

AP - As Barack Obama turns to concentrate on his general election challenge, his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is mounting a last ditch campaign to stay relevant in what is left of the Democratic presidential contest.

AP - Democratic Party leaders agreed Saturday to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes at this summer's convention with a compromise that left Barack Obama on the verge of the nomination but riled Hillary Rodham Clinton backers who threatened to fight to the August convention.