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🗓️ 19 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump presided over the first meeting of what he calls his Board of Peace, announcing that the U.S. will contribute $10 billion to the new organization. |
| 0:15.2 | Trump says other countries have pledged another $7 billion to help rebuild Gaza, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports. |
| 0:22.3 | At the U.S. Institute of Peace, a building that now bears Trump's name, the president |
| 0:27.3 | gathered the 27 members of his board along with representatives of other countries that have |
| 0:32.7 | yet to join. Gulf allies and some Central Asian nations are promising nearly $7 billion for Gaza, he says, |
| 0:40.2 | and Indonesia, Morocco, and several other nations are promising troops and police. |
| 0:44.8 | We will help Gaza, we will straighten it out, we'll make it successful, we will make it peaceful, |
| 0:51.5 | and we will do things like that in other spots. |
| 0:54.5 | Trump is chairman of the board, a job that his administration says will continue even after |
| 0:59.9 | he leaves office. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department. |
| 1:04.7 | The Trump administration wants to bar federal rental assistance for families with any members |
| 1:09.7 | who do not have legal status. |
| 1:12.5 | NPRs Jennifer Lutton reports the proposed rule could put roughly 80,000 people at risk of eviction, |
| 1:18.6 | about half of them, U.S. citizen children. |
| 1:21.4 | Undocumented immigrants do not get federal housing subsidies, but current law lets them live with |
| 1:26.6 | relatives who do. The idea is to keep |
| 1:29.0 | families together. Conservatives argue this is not fair, since there's not nearly enough rental |
| 1:34.2 | aid to meet the need, and many wait years to get it. Immigrant and housing advocates point out that |
| 1:40.1 | since mixed-status families get less aid, they actually pay higher rents, effectively subsidizing others. |
| 1:46.6 | They also worry large-scale evictions in some places could push people into deeper poverty or even homelessness. |
| 1:53.3 | The proposed rule will be open for public comment and could eventually face a legal challenge. |
| 1:58.3 | Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington. |
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