Trump Threatens to Shut ‘Bankrupt’ Kennedy Center But Would Raise the Money If His Name is Restored
Howard Kurtz on President Trump guaranteeing his 5-thousand dollar checks to Americans if the GOP wins in the midterms, dire warnings from A...
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Howie Kurtz picks five stories from the most important, to the most entertaining, to the buzziest. And, he will sound off on what they tell us about the media culture: Are they fair, fascina...
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Fear of an AI Apocalypse Escalates with Dire Warnings from Tech World Now Echoed by Politicians and Pundits
Howie Kurtz on ex-Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon warning of AI's existential threat, Vice President JD Vance taking center stage at the Repu...
Trump Plays to Base with Marathon Speech Warning of Communists and Fantasy Offer of Voters Getting $5,000
Howie Kurtz on President Trump’s non-convention speech and his proposed $5,000 payout to voters, an AI researcher’s apocalyptic warning abou...
Trump Admits He Was at World Trade Center 2 Days After Attack as Media Rip His Rescue Story
Howie Kurtz on President Trump's defended memories of 9/11 and criticism of news coverage, cash gifts given to White House staffers, and rep...
50 Senior Military Members Given Polygraphs Over Leaks On Iran in Trump Effort to Intimidate Sharing of Classified Info
Howie Kurtz on military polygraph tests over Iran war leaks, the White House publishing border deportation video games, Fox News parting way...
Best of the 'MediaBuzz Meter': What’s Behind Vance Attacking Michigan Socialist Nominee as ‘Evil’ over 9/11, And El-Sayed Belatedly Apologizing for Justifying Synagogue Attack
This 'Media Buzz Meter' first aired on September 1st, 2026… Howie Kurtz on the WSJ report that the Justice Department may drop its contempt...
Vance Says He Wouldn’t Call Attacks on Iran a War, Press Pointlessly Asks When It Will Be Over
Howie Kurtz on JD Vance filling in at the White House press podium, GOP election expert Charlie Cook’s grim predictions for Republicans in t...
Reality Check: Why Impeachment Is a Fantasy Even If Democrats Take Over the House
Howie Kurtz on why House Democrats won't pursue a third President Trump impeachment, news creators using AI actors to trick YouTube viewers,...
Whistle-Blower Says Secret Plan to Launch Trump’s Mail Ballot Plan Could Cause ‘Catastrophic Failure’ in Midterms
Howie Kurtz on President Trump announcing powerful strikes on Iranian targets following military tensions, a whistleblower warning that a ru...
What’s Behind Vance Attacking Michigan Socialist Nominee as ‘Evil’ over 9/11, And El-Sayed Belatedly Apologizing for Justifying Synagogue Attack
Howie Kurtz on the WSJ report that the Justice Department may drop its contempt effort against Anthony Fauci, the shifting political debate...
Campaigns Secretly Pay Off Influencers As Trump Demands FCC Probe of Kristen Welker for Mild NBC Comment
Howie Kurtz on progressive influencers quietly accepting money from political campaigns, the Pentagon assigning conservative commentators to...
Fauci Prosecution Going Nowhere After Republicans Ripped Him and He Pleaded the Fifth
Howie Kurtz on the WSJ report that the Justice Department may drop its contempt effort against Anthony Fauci, the shifting political debate...
Trump, Facing a Tough Midterm Landscape, Says Voters Are Angry at Republicans—But Not At Him
Howie Kurtz on President Trump sharing a fierce critique of GOP inaction ahead of the midterms, Meta agreeing to a massive $18 billion settl...
Why Dolly Parton Touched Millions, Rising from Abject Poverty to an Iconic American Figure Who Stayed Out of Politics
Howie Kurtz on the passing of beloved icon Dolly Parton at age 80, President Trump’s endorsement carrying Lindsey Graham’s sister Darlene to...
The Left Trashes Hakeem Jeffries for Jared Kushner Meeting Aimed at Common Ground, Saying Likely Speaker Shouldn’t Meet Ignored’Evil’ Trumpers
Howie Kurtz on House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries meeting with Jared Kushner to discuss potential common ground, the online backlash fr...
How Mean-Spirited Media Coverage of Natalie Harp Spun Out of Control, the Nonstop Mockery Now Resembling a Salem Witch Trial
Howie Kurtz on President Trump suggesting he could use the military to intervene in bond markets, media coverage of Natalie Harp reaching of...
Trump Enemy Michael Cohen Praises His Ex- Boss on His Radio Show, But There Was No Kissing and Making Up During the Interview
Howie Kurtz on Michael Cohen interviewing his former boss President Trump, the U.S. national debt crossing the $40-trillion mark and longtim...
Fake Polling Firm Puts Out Fabricated Political Numbers - As An Experiment - And Some Run Them Without Checking
Howie Kurtz on fake polling firms fabricating local election results, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth facing backlash over his wife's pres...
Democratic Socialist Wins in Ruby-Red Florida, and Lindsey Graham’s Sister Admits She Knows Nothing About National Security
Howie Kurtz on ABC suing the FCC over First Amendment rights, a foiled assassination plot targeting Cabinet officials, and democratic social...
The Tragic Tale of Star Actress Hayden Panettiere, Dead at 36 From Cardiac Arrest, Now Seen Tied to a Drug Overdose
Howie Kurtz on the fallout following the suicide of former Cambridge scholar Jason Arday after media reports exposed his plagiarism, an inte...