Amid Backlash, Trump Will Pay For Ads Billed to Taxpayers
Howie Kurtz on President Trump pivoting to use super PAC funds for his political TV ads, Elon Musk’s ex-partner detailing their split, and T...
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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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Trump, Russia/China, Race to Put Nuclear Reactor on Moon
Howie Kurtz on NASA rushing plans for a lunar nuclear reactor amid Russia and China’s space race, POTUS tapping Elon Musk to co-lead the Pen...
Trump Attacks His 3 Supreme Court Justices for Being Disloyal
Howie Kurtz on President Trump’s Time interview expressing regret over his Supreme Court picks, Senator Tom Tillis’s (R-FL) blunt text excha...
Pete Hegseth Calls Iran Coverage "Anti-American, Sick, and Treason"
Howie Kurtz on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attack on the press, the high-stakes seating arrangement at President Trump’s AI titan lunch...
AI In The Spotlight As President Trump Meets with Tech Titans
Howie Kurtz on President Trump’s Capitol Hill meeting with tech titans over the future of AI, growing GOP concerns ahead of the midterms, an...
Trump Denies His Ambassador's Report That He Plans to Sell Weapons to China
Howie Kurtz on Speaker Johnson dismissing AI warnings as Chinese propaganda, Democrats distancing themselves from AOC ahead of the midterms,...
OpenAI’s Network Goes Rogue, Spies on Government Agencies
Howie Kurtz on AI chatbots distributing non-partisan search information, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) labeling President Trump's meeting with...
Courts Intervene in Media Feud and More GOP Rebels Demand End to Iran War
Howie Kurtz on the White House reversing its media ban on three major news outlets during President Xi Jinping's visit, how GOP candidates a...
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Media Ban, Restores Access to 3 Outlets
Howie Kurtz on a federal judge ordering the White House to reinstate press passes for barred news outlets, GOP reactions to rising domestic...
POTUS Takes The World Stage at the UN General Assembly
Howie Kurtz weighs in on President Trump's UN speech addressing tensions with Iran and Venezuela, Vice President Vance's ongoing anti-fraud...
Is AOC Laying the Groundwork for a 2028 White House Run?
Howie Kurtz on AOC weighing a potential 2028 presidential run after a candid New York Times interview, Paramount securing a deal to merge wi...
How Trump Changed a Negative Narrative by Barring 3 News Outlets from the White House - While Flouting the First Amendment
Howie Kurtz on President Trump banning CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House, Donald Trump Jr. returning $250,000 from a Russian exe...
Florida Republican Breaks With Trump, Says Hispanics Feel ‘Betrayed’ By His Immigration Crackdown
Howie Kurtz on Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar taking on President Trump over immigration policy in a dramatic new ad, the White House facing scru...
Trump Denounces Interest Rate Hike (By His Guy), Says Kennedy Center Could Be Ripped Down
Howie Kurtz on a potential midterm "blue tsunami" threatening Republican congressional seats, President Trump's proposal for $5,000 voter ch...
Trump Rips SCOTUS on Mail Ballot Ruling, Saying Even His Appointees Have Been ‘Bullied and Cajoled by the Radical Left’
Howie Kurtz on 60 Minutes hitting 25-year season opener rating lows, President Trump criticizing recent Supreme Court decisions and pointing...
SCOTUS Slaps Trump, Kills Mail Voting Ban (Even Though Many Republicans Use it!), But Battle Isn’t Over
Howie Kurtz on the Supreme Court blocking President Trump's mail-in voting overhaul ahead of the midterms, POTUS branding AI warnings a hoax...
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...
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...