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Parliament approved a government plan to ask the European Union for an extension until June 30. European leaders will consider the request at a summit next week in Brussels.

President Trump says he wants to have a "good relationship" with Vladimir Putin. Ex-diplomat Stephen Sestanovich tells Michel Martin a good relationship isn't needed to address conflicts with Russia.

We're talking about what the Trump administration wants to do with public lands across the U.S.

We're talking about what the Trump administration wants to do with public lands across the U.S.

New U.S. administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer bans up to 30,000 members of the Baath party from working for government ministries. But despite Bremer's insistence that the country's security condition is improving, Iraqis express frustration with ongoing disorder -- and they blame U.S. postwar administrators. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

U.S. officials in Iraq discount Mohammed Mohsen al-Zubaidi's claim to be the mayor of Baghdad. Zubaidi says he was elected by a group of clerics, academics and tribal leaders -- and he says he's in frequent contact with U.S. military commanders. NPR's Scott Simon reports.

The U.S. military launches an investigation into a shooting at a checkpoint near Najaf that killed at least seven Iraqi women and children. Military officials say U.S. soldiers opened fire on a civilian van after the driver failed to stop as ordered. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.

U.S. forces in Tikrit capture three Saddam loyalists, including a bodyguard of the deposed Iraqi leader. And in their continuing search for weapons of mass destruction, U.S. troops find anti-tank mines, mortar rounds and hundreds of pounds of gunpowder buried in Tikrit. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson and Joseph Cirincione of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

In the Azores, President Bush wraps up a brief meeting with the leaders of Spain and Britain, calling Monday a "moment of truth for the world." He says he will not pursue a new U.N. resolution on Iraq beyond tomorrow's scheduled meeting of the U.N. Security Council. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

U.S.-led forces continue to face resistance as they advance to Baghdad. At least 10 soldiers are reported killed in fighting around the southern town of Nasiriyah. And U.S. military officials say an American Apache helicopter has gone down. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden.