,1,President Joe Biden, arguably the nation's biggest Amtrak fan, visited a train maintenance shop in his home state of Delaware on Monday to showcase more than $16 billion in federal investments for rail travel along the busy Northeast Corridor, saying of long-delayed improvements, “we're finally getting it done.”
READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-amtrak-joe-biden-is-off-to-delaware-give-out-more-money-for-trains/
,1,Former President Donald Trump signed up for the New Hampshire presidential primary on Monday, becoming the first person who has served as president to file such paperwork in person more than once.
READ MORE: https://wgntv.com/news/politics/ap-trump-will-file-for-new-hampshire-presidential-primary-in-person-ahead-of-campaign-rally/
,1,A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military said the hospital was hit by a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants. WGN's Jenna Barnes reports on the latest.
More info: https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/israeli-airstrike-on-hospital-kills-hundreds-ministry-says/
,1,North Central College Political Science professor William Muck talks about the national security implications if classified documents aren't properly taken care of.
,1,In 2022 news broke that $2.5bn had been stolen in Iraq, the biggest bank heist ever. Nicolas Pelham, The Economist's Middle East correspondent, follows the money
01:41 - The investigation begins
02:28 - Where did the money come from?
03:55 - Who was Nur Zuheir?
04:29 - Following the trail in Baghdad
08:11 - Corruption in Iraq
13:21 - The government changes course
15:46 - Who is complicit, really?
16:50 - What happened to the money?
Artwork based on illustrations by Mike McQuaid
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