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NPR News: 02-19-2026 11PM EST

20 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What recent changes have occurred in U.S. immigration policy regarding Cubans?

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The Trump administration is deporting Cubans in record numbers. And that's a big shift from decades of precedent. This year, they have had more experience of being an immigrant group like any other immigrant group. Listen to Code Switch in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump presided today 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. Trump says other countries have pledged another $7 billion to help rebuild Gaza, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.

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At the U.S. Institute of Peace, a building that now bears Trump's name, the president gathered the 27 members of his board along with representatives of other countries that have yet to join. Gulf allies and some Central Asian nations are promising nearly $7 billion for Gaza, he says, and Indonesia, Morocco and several other nations are promising troops and police.

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We will... help Gaza. We will straighten it out. We will make it successful. We will make it peaceful. And we will do things like that in other spots.

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Trump is chairman of the board, a job that his administration says will continue even after he leaves office. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

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The U.S. women's hockey team were Olympic champions. A two goals to one overtime win over Canada was the third women's hockey medal for the U.S. all time. NPR's Becky Sullivan reports from Milan.

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Chapter 2: What is President Trump's Board of Peace and its significance?

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team was a freight train running through the Olympic Games with a blend of experienced vets like the five-time Olympian Hillary Knight and thrilling young talent like the 22-year-old phenom Layla Edwards. But Canada, the traditional women's hockey power, took the U.S. to the brink. A rare defensive lapse by Edwards in the second period gave Canada a window to score a shorthanded goal to go up 1-0.

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Later, with two minutes left in regulation, she made amends with a rocket of a shot that Knight tipped up and in for the equalizer.

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Great patience and poise with the puck. And then as soon as it was going over to Layla, I was like, I better get in front of that net.

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That sent it to overtime where Megan Keller had a slick one-on-one move to beat the Canadian defender and score the game-winning goal. Becky Sullivan, NPR News, Milan.

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Also at the Winter Olympics, the U.S. ended a 24-year drought when Alyssa Liu won figure skating gold today. She posted a career-best points total. Stocks on Wall Street fell today with the Dow losing nearly 270 points. And Piers Raphael Nam reports that investors pulled back as tensions between the U.S. and Iran sent oil prices sharply higher.

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Concerns that the U.S. will conduct some kind of military strike against Iran sent jitters across Wall Street. All three major indexes fell after oil prices surged amid fears about disruptions in global energy supplies. U.S. crude prices, as well as Brent, which is the global benchmark, rose nearly 2% each.

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On top of that, Walmart shares ended the day lower, despite posting better-than-expected earnings. Investors got concerned about the outlook for the world's biggest retailer, given signs that lower-income shoppers are being cautious about their spending. Rafael Nam, NPR News.

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This is NPR. Authorities in Northern California say it will be at least another day before crews can attempt to recover the bodies of the eight backcountry skiers who were killed in Tuesday's avalanche and resume the search for a ninth person still missing and presumed dead. Six other survivors were rescued.

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The Nevada County Sheriff's Office says it's too early to determine if any charges are warranted, but that investigators are working to determine if criminal negligence played a role. The mayor of Washington, D.C., has declared an emergency over the Potomac River sewage spill, the worst of its kind in the nation's history. Justin O'Neill from member station WAMU reports.

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