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The PROMISE program was designed as a way to offer troubled students an alternative to suspension or expulsion. Initiated by the Obama administration in 2014, the program is now under scrutiny following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla., earlier this year.

Dave and Charlotte Willner started a fundraiser to raise $1,500 for the nonprofit RAICES. They've now raised close to $20 million. Michel Martin asks them about how they far exceeded their original goal.

The media has been grappling with how to cover an openly hostile White House that hasn't been reliable when it comes to the facts. Michel Martin speaks with The Washington Post's Paul Farhi, Daniel Dale of The Toronto Star, and former presidential speechwriter Mary Kate Cary.

President Trump wants to abolish the Education Department as a standalone agency. He's the latest Republican to try. NPR's Michel Martin looks back on the history with Alyson Klein of Education Week.

The U.S. Congress has done little to stop the war in Yemen. Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana about why he's so troubled by America's role in that war.

Go-go is an offshoot of funk that combines elements of R&B, hip-hop and blues. Rare Essence, the Washington D.C. pioneers of go-go, bring the get-down to World Cafe.

NPR's Ron Elving speaks to Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about House Republicans' push toward a vote on a so-called compromise immigration bill and more.

Noel King talks to Joe Capra, of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers Local 176, about how the move to avoid EU tariffs will impact union members at the Kansas City plant.

It's believed a blimp may have spooked the macaw. The bird flew out of an amphitheater and out of the zoo. A resident later spotted the macaw, which came down out of a tree when zookeepers called.

By a 5 to 4 majority, the Supreme Court upheld a modified version of President Trump's travel ban. This was the third version of the ban; Trump narrowed its scope and added non-Muslim countries.