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NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Eric Watkins from the Baghdad office of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting about reaction in the Iraqi press to the search for a new national leader.

A suicide car bombing near a U.S. base in Baqubah kills one U.S. soldier and several Iraqis. In Mosul, a car bomb aimed at the area's provincial council kills several Iraqi bystanders. South of Baghdad, six soldiers from Poland, Latvia and Slovakia are killed while defusing mines. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

Justice Department officials will warn the American public Wednesday of possible terrorist attacks against the United States sometime this summer. Officials say they've received non-specific intelligence information about the possibility that al Qaeda or other terrorists will try to disrupt the presidential campaign or other high-profile events. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Larry Abramson.

The Pentagon is expected to replace Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez as the top U.S. commander in Iraq. President Bush called Sanchez "exemplary," and officials say his transfer is part of a long-planned reorganization. Nevertheless, the move leaves the impression in some quarters that the administration is not satisfied with Sanchez's performance in Iraq. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

International tributes pour in honoring President Ronald Reagan, who died Saturday after an extensive battle with Alzheimer's. President Reagan died at his Southern California home; funeral arrangements for include the former president's body lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda before being laid to rest on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and NPR's Mandalit del Barco.

Sen. John Kerry says President George Bush has taken the wrong approach to combating terrorism by waging war in Iraq. Kerry, in the first of several planned speeches on national security, called for improved alliances with other nations and modernizing the U.S. military. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

U.S. troops engage in fighting with Shiite militants loyal to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Kufa, near the southern Iraqi city of Najaf. The clashes come one day after Sadr agreed to pull his militia out of Najaf, provided U.S. forces withdrew to their bases outside the city. U.S. military officials say the truce remains in place. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Thursday is election day in Great Britain. Voters will choose representatives to the European Union parliament, and in London they will elect a mayor. Jonathan Freedland of the British newspaper The Guardian delivers a quick primer on the state of politics in the United Kingdom.

U.S. forces arrest a key aide to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and wage battles with militia loyal to the Shiite leader. The aide, Riyadh al-Nouri, was taken captive at a house in Najaf. He is al-Sadr's brother-in-law. An Army spokesman said a "very large number" of youths -- members of al-Sadr's militia -- were killed in fighting in Najaf and Sadr City. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about the agenda of this year's G8 summit at a resort named Sea Island, off the coast of the state of Georgia. This year, leaders from Mideast nations and Afghanistan have been invited to address the summit on the need for democratic reform in the region. Notably, staunch U.S. ally Saudi Arabia has not been invited to the talks.