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President Obama used a visit to the Pentagon on Monday to signal that he is focused on the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. He met with military and other national security leaders to discuss the ongoing operations ahead of another planned visit this week to the National Counterterrorism Center.

The French are voting in regional elections. Voting last week put the far-right party, National Front, in the lead. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with French political scientist Nicole Bacharan.

In Paris, President Obama meets with the leaders of island nations — they are among the first to feel the effects of rising sea levels. Obama will urge the leaders to get serious about climate change.

When people apply for food stamps, federal law says they should get them in seven days. But in New Mexico, government workers are blowing the whistle on the state doctoring food stamps applications

The meatpacking industry has slowed down due to the coronavirus outbreaks at the plants. Meatpackers warn that it could lead to meat shortages and stores limiting purchases.

Britain now has the second-worst death rate for COVID-19 in the world. Some critics blame Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his late response and policy missteps.

Many Republican secretaries of state are pushing to expand mail-in voting during the pandemic, but they face pushback from some party members who say it invites voter fraud.

The French are facing social disparities in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. With long bread lines and tensions with police, the Paris suburbs are faring poorly under the lockdown.

A Russian court has sentenced American Paul Whelan, accused of espionage, to 16 years in prison. He was arrested in 2018 at a hotel in Moscow. The former U.S. Marine says he was set up.

Colette Pierce Burnette of Huston-Tillotson University says keeping students and staff safe was paramount. Black people are dying from COVID-19 at two and a half times the rate of white people.