This is hardly a breaking-news situation. It’s not like some horrible new information has been unearthed in the last few days about the President of the United States. (Though I don’t think he helped himself by posting the Obamas-as-apes image and refusing to apologize.)  I started thinking about this after some comments by Ross Douthat, the moderately conservative New York Times columnist, who is, shall we say, a frequent critic of Donald Trump . "I want to tell you a secret," Douthat says in the video. Well, that sounds exciting. WHITE HOUSE REMOVES SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO SHOWING OBAMAS AS APES AFTER CRITICISM "One that most conservatives on the internet don’t want you to know. A year into his second presidency, Donald Trump has lost the country." Is that true? He’s not just saying that the Democrats are going to crush the GOP in the midterms the same way that the Seattle Seahawks annihilated the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl .  He plays clips of pun...

The first time I spoke to Jeff Bezos , he had founded Amazon as an online bookstore and made himself available to all kinds of journalists — a "political genius," said the New York Times Magazine, a "brilliant, charming, hyper, and misleadingly goofy mastermind." In 1999, having blown past the naysayers who scoffed at the strange notion of online retailing, the 35-year-old businessman was named Time’s Person of the Year. Nearly a decade-and-a-half later, as one of the world’s richest men, Bezos spent $250 million of his personal fortune to buy the Washington Post from Katharine Graham’s family. And now he should fold his cards and sell it. It’s a different era for the industry and a very different Bezos, one who is comfortable slashing a third of the paper’s staff. EX-WASHINGTON POST FACT CHECKER HITS ‘ABSENTEE OWNER’ BEZOS, TELLS HIM TO COMMIT TO SAVING PAPER OR SELL IT Having initially declared that "the duty of the paper is to the readers, not the owner...

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show is officially behind us. Mercifully. What began with hype and outrage, and then more outrage, ended with a show most charitably described as polarizing and confusing for those who were not already Bad Bunny fans. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell promised that Bad Bunny would use the show to unite the world "in a really creative and fun way." It turns out that he was right. Most of the country, with the exception of some Democrats like California Gov. Gavin Newsom , was united in its revulsion over a show that was narrowly tailored to a niche audience despite being billed as inclusive and respectful of America. The pre-show hype around Bad Bunny’s invitation to perform at this year’s Super Bowl began with his SNL demand that viewers "learn Spanish." He walked the dig back at the pre-Super Bowl press conference, but the sentiment ended up being true. Then there was the online rumor that Bad Bunny would wear a dress during his hal...

Turning Point USA’s "All-American" Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday was met with praise. The show, featuring Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett streamed on YouTube at the same time as the Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny took place. Many praised the alternate show, with millions tuning in — with numbers soaring to as high as 5 million viewers tuning in to the livestream on YouTube. However, some called it "underwhelming," while others criticized Kid Rock's vocal ability. COUNTRY STAR GAVIN ADCOCK BACKS KID ROCK'S PATRIOTIC ALTERNATIVE TO SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW Turning Point USA’s "All-American Halftime Show" also took a moment to pay tribute to founder Charlie Kirk. The tribute took place as Kid Rock finished up a song, and read: "In remembrance of Charlie Kirk," alongside photos of Charlie’s wife Erika and their children. Kacey Musgraves slammed Kid Rock as she took to X to share her thoughts. Th...

Decorated Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin wants to represent her own "values" at this year's Milan Cortina Olympic Games . "I think there's a lot of hardship in the world globally, and there's a lot of heartbreak. There's a lot of violence. It can be tough to reconcile that when you're also competing for medals at an Olympic event," the two-time gold medalist said during her media availability in Italy on Saturday. During her extended answer, Shiffrin read aloud a quote from Nelson Mandela, which was also recited during the opening ceremonies. "'Peace is not just the absence of conflict. Peace is the creation of an environment where we can all flourish, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste, or any other social markers of difference,'" Shiffrin said, reading the quote from her phone . "And for me, as this relates to the Olympics, I'm really hoping to show up and represent my own values. Va...

Jake Paul is in Italy to take in some Olympic action and cheer on his fiancée, speedskater Jutta Leerdam. During his trip, he attended an Olympic hockey game with Vice President JD Vance, but afterward, ICE agents were on his mind, leading him to defend the officers on Saturday – Sunday morning in Italy. "If you don’t like ICE then you can’t call 911 when you’re in trouble. If you don’t respect law enforcement agents then you shouldn’t depend on them," Paul posted on X. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM   Paul then took a shot at Billie Eilish , who defended illegal immigrants in her Grammys acceptance speech. "When Billie Eyelash gets her home broken into it’s not gonna be f--k ICE I can promise you that," Paul wrote. Eilish proclaimed that "nobody is illegal on stolen land" during her speech. TEAM USA FREESTYLE SKIERS SPARK OLYMPIC OUTRAGE OVER REMARKS ABOUT REPRESENTING US: 'ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC' "Wait technical...