Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a …
Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Heather Cox Richardson's narrated newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
August 15, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Aug 16, 2026 · On Monday, August 10, Todd Blanche took the oath of office as attorney general, administered by federal appeals …
May 1, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
May 2, 2026 · Today is the deadline for President Donald J. Today is the deadline for President Donald J. Trump to ask Congress for …
February 8, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
On February 9, 1950, Senator Joe McCarthy (R-WI) stood up in front of the Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, at …
March 17, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Mar 18, 2026 · Shortly after the start of the war in Iran on February 28, Iran declared that the Strait of Hormuz — which is used to …
March 13, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Mar 14, 2026 · Despite reports that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence that permits it to target U.S.
April 11, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Apr 12, 2026 · na lawmakers had taken their state out of the Union. “The whole town [of Charleston] was in an uproar,” Elizabeth …
April 29, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Apr 30, 2026 · I will have plenty to say about the Supreme Court’s decision today in Callais v.
March 18, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Mar 19, 2026 · I was intending to take tonight off, but there’s big news—I mean, aside from all the other big news—that I want to …