{"podcast":{"title":"Letters from an American","slug":"letters-from-an-american-5323066","podcast_index_feed_id":5323066,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/20533.rss","website_url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/20533/d8108611b5cdc00657825d77dc6029b1.jpg","author":"Heather Cox Richardson","episode_count":768,"summary":"A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066"},"episode":{"title":"The Most Corrupt U.S. Administration in History","slug":"the-most-corrupt-u-s-administration-in-history","published_at":"2026-05-16T00:29:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066/the-most-corrupt-u-s-administration-in-history","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066","url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/the-most-corrupt-us-administration","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197936908/5951969526ae51092e62f959fbd11837.mp3","summary":"Vance visits Maine and claims the Trump administration is combating endemic fraud in our public services. States that don't comply with federal rules will have funds cut. Admin will withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments from California. Admin and Republicans blaming political opponents for their own fraud and corruption. Admin seems nervous after seeing Orban dumped. Trump’s administration labeled the most corrupt in history. Trump fired or demoted 20 inspectors-general, pocketed $4B from crypto, freed/pardoned cronies for money. Trump's sons and son-in-law are using their political connections to build private wealth. Trump uses his Birthday UFC White House fight to funnel more money to supporters. Trump visits China with delegation of billionaires. Trump's lawsuit with the IRS. Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Vance visits Maine and claims the Trump administration is combating endemic fraud in our public services. States that don't comply with federal rules will…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":672,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/letters-from-an-american-5323066/episodes/the-most-corrupt-u-s-administration-in-history/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066/the-most-corrupt-u-s-administration-in-history.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}