Day: January 3, 2025

Superdome welcomes Sugar Bowl fans after New Orleans terror attack

1:01 am January 3, 2025

College football fans flocked to the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Thursday afternoon to get into the stadium ahead of the Sugar Bowl after it was postponed over a terror attack. More than a dozen people were killed, and several more were injured, when Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck into a crowd on Bourbon […]

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Tracking government spending, Part 2: Contractual services and supplies

12:25 am January 3, 2025

Spending on contracting and supplies is the second-biggest major spending group for the federal government, according to usaspending.gov. More than $1.1 trillion was spent on deals negotiated by the government to hire contractors for work. The category has increased by 19% from five years ago.  “We expect massive cuts of all federal contractors and others who […]

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Armie Hammer ‘well aware’ kids might ‘hate’ him after learning about cannibalism scandal

12:25 am January 3, 2025

Four years after Armie Hammer’s cannibalism scandal sparked major controversy, the actor reflected on how the wild rumors could impact his children’s future.  “I also am well aware that my daughter and son are going to get to a certain point where they then do therapy, and then they go, ‘I hate my dad, too.’ […]

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Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan offered to resign over chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal: Report

12:14 am January 3, 2025

National security adviser Jake Sullivan reportedly offered to resign from President Biden’s administration after the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, according to the Washington Post’s David Ignatius.  Ignatius, a Washington Post columnist, spoke to Sullivan and several of his colleagues as the Biden administration nears its end.  Several of Sullivan’s colleagues reportedly told Ignatius […]

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