Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump has signed an executive action ordering the closure of the U.S. Department of Education. He says this will direct education responsibilities back to the states, even though for the most part, that is already what is happening. Trump has also slashed about half of the staff that works at the Education Department. That includes

researchers at the National Center for Education Statistics, or NCEES. NPS Janaki META says this could

jeopardize critical funding for public schools. Part of what NCES works on are known as formula

grants for schools, things like Title I, which goes to low-income schools,

and also funding for rural schools through the Rural Education Achievement Program.

Those are just two examples, but if there aren't data people crunching these numbers,

employees tell us it's going to be really hard for schools to get that money.

NPRS Janaki Meta reporting.

A federal judge will try again today to get answers from the Justice Department about the deportation flights of Venezuelan

migrants last weekend. The agency has not been forthcoming. President Trump has called for the

impeachment of U.S. District Court Judge James Bosberg. The judge wants to know if the agency

has violated his orders. Two high-profile progressive members of Congress are holding rallies

across the country to speak out against President Trump's agenda. They stopped for an event in

suburban Phoenix. NPR Stephen Fowler reports the lawmakers are also calling for stronger

pushback by the Democratic Party. At a packed hockey arena on Arizona State University's campus,

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders denounced Trump. Sanders painted Trump's

Department of Government Efficiency effort to fire federal workers and slash government agencies as morally wrong and illegal.

Every single day, Trump and his friends are ignoring the Constitution of the United States of America.

But the pair also joined the growing chorus of voters who say the Democratic Party needs to do more

to defend those institutions and have stronger plans to counter Trump's agenda. Stephen Fowler,

NPR News, Tempe, Arizona. The busiest airport in Europe is closed for the day after a nearby power

outage, as Villamarks reports this is likely likely to affect up to 1,000 flights at London's

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