Howie Kurtz on Trump facing pressure as tariff war sinks market, RFK Jr. planning to stop recommending fluoride in water and A-I powering advanced humanoid robots. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Elon Musk distancing himself from Trump on tariff plan, DOJ placing lawyer involved in wrongful deportation on leave and RFK Jr. pushing measles vaccinations after a second child dies. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump facing backlash on tariffs from both the GOP and Democrats, Trump firing National Security Council officials after meeting with Laura Loomer and George Clooney yelling at a MSNBC producer for linking his Biden op-ed to Barrack Obama. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump unveiling his massive tariff plan, Elon Musk downplaying the Wisconsin special election loss and the Trump administration freezing funding to Maine for letting trans athletes in women's sports. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Democrats delighting in results of Wisconsin special election, the White House studying the financial cost of taking control of Greenland and the Yankees 'torpedo bats' becoming more than a sports story. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump causing distractions by talking 3rd term, newest Columbia University president getting attacked Rep. Stefanik over 2023 message and Megyn Kelly feuding with Kara Swisher calling her a 'bad person'. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump floating the idea of a third term, Trump weighing whether or not to fire Mike Waltz and the New York Yankees using new bats in record breaking start. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on growing calls for the resignation of Sec. Pete Hegseth, Trump withdrawing nomination of Rep. Stefanik for U.N. ambassador and Elon Musk defending DOGE cuts. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on the Trump Administration failing in their damage control of leaked attack plans, Trump blaming Waltz staffer for text leak and Social Security backing off plan to cut phone services for the disabled. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on the Atlantic releasing Signal chat showing Houthi attack plans, Trump angry Waltz had journalist's contact but stands behind him and J.D. Vance joining his wife on trip to Greenland. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
This 'Media Buzz Meter' first aired on March 10th, 2025 ... Howie Kurtz on Sec. Rubio and Elon Musk having a heated argument over DOGE cuts, Ukraine's Zelenskyy scrambling to repair relationship with the U.S. and Gov. Newsom breaking from party on transgender athletes. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump revoking security clearances from political enemies, law firm targeted by Trump making deal for legal services and the IRS predicting a sharp drop in revenue. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump denying Elon Musk was invited to Pentagon briefing on China, Trump targeting federal judge for impeachment and soccer player wrongly deported over sports tattoo. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump begins the dismantling the Education Department he promised, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy agreeing to a partial ceasefire and Trump calling for the impeachment of federal judge who ruled against deportation plans. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on the Trump Administration releasing JFK heavily redacted assassination files, Trump speaking with Russian President Putin on Ukraine and a federal judge ruling DOGE's shutdown of USAID most likely violates the Constitution. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on the continuing battle between Trump and the media, Trump criticizing the Kennedy Center while touring it and Sen. Chuck Schumer fighting to stay on as Minority Leader. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on President Trump dismantling Voice of America, Trump administration deporting Venezuelan gang members despite judge's orders not to and Dr. Oz getting grilled by Senators on Medicaid and Medicare changes. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Sen. Schumer getting backlash from Democrats for supporting GOP spending bill, another judge blocking firing of probationary federal workers and Russia saying they are in no rush to reach a ceasefire. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump taking heat for not lowering grocery prices, Social Security backing off on DOGE phone service cuts and pro-Hamas activist remaining in ICE custody while deportation looms. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Ukraine accepting U.S. ceasefire plan, Trump selecting a Tesla to buy on the South Lawn and DOJ official saying she was fired after opposing restoring Mel Gibson's gun rights. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on veteran columnist at the Washington Post resigns after piece was scrapped, a judge ordering a release of DOGE records and Elon Musk calling former Navy combat pilot Sen. Mark Kelly a 'traitor'. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Sec. Rubio and Elon Musk having a heated argument over DOGE cuts, Ukraine's Zelenskyy scrambling to repair relationship with the U.S. and Gov. Newsom breaking from party on transgender athletes. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump's digital team drowning out criticisms online, DOGE under attack by Trump's cabinet and 'Hamilton' canceling their Kennedy Center run. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on RFK Jr.'s response to measles outbreak under scrutiny, the Supreme Court rejecting Trump's bid to freeze foreign aid and the U.S. holding secret talks with Hamas over Israeli hostages. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on the reaction to Trump's record breaking speech, Democrats embarrassing themselves during the address and President Zelenskyy saying Ukraine is very ready for peace. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Trump choosing to halt support for Ukraine, Musk calling social security a 'Ponzi scheme' and the top HHS spokesperson resigning after rift over measles outbreak. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on the public responding to President Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, the continued questioning on Elon Musk's role in DOGE, and Trump's potential pardoning of baseball legend Pete Rose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Howie Kurtz on a federal judge halting mass firings of probationary government workers, GOP senators pushing back on Trump's aid cuts and Pentagon ordering openly transgender troops be removed from the military. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on Elon Musk taking the spotlight in Trump's first cabinet meeting, Musk's Starlink raising new conflict of interest concerns over FAA contract and Jeff Bezos announcing major shift in opinion section of the Washington Post. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Howie Kurtz on over twenty federal employees resign in protest over DOGE, DOGE cuts spurring lawmaker pushback and the FBI investigating James Comey infiltrating the 2016 Trump campaign. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
