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Heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of the northeast on Monday. Climate change is fueling more intense rainstorms that drop more water in shorter periods of time.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Petrilli, head of the education policy thinktank Thomas B. Fordham Institute, about the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Education Department.

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The Senate considers the rescissions package that would strip $9.4 billion for public boradcasting and foreign aid.