Aug 17 Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House By Matthew Daly, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The Postal Service said it has stopped removing mailboxes and mail-sorting machines amid an outcry from lawmakers, and President Donald Trump denied he was slowing service. Continue reading
Aug 17 Lawsuit against Trump, postal chief seeks proper funding By Associated Press Several individuals including candidates for public office sued President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service and its new postmaster general in New York on Monday to ensure adequate funding for postal operations. Continue reading
Aug 17 Pelosi calls House back into session to vote on Postal bill By Lisa Mascaro, Matthew Daly, Associated Press Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the U.S. Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the… Continue reading
Aug 15 Q&A: What's happening at the US Postal Service, and why? By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. That's raising the possibility… Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 6:57 How USPS policies and the pandemic could create mail-in voting 'perfect storm' The U.S. Postal Service is warning that it may not be able to deliver all mail-in ballots in time for them to be counted for the election. That message was communicated in letters sent to state officials around the country,… Continue watching
Aug 14 Major U.S. postal workers union endorses Biden for president By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press The National Association of Letter Carriers, which represents 300,000 current and retired workers, said Thursday that Trump's longstanding hostility to the mail-delivering agency has heightened during the pandemic. Continue reading
Aug 14 Trump admits he's blocking postal cash to stop mail-in votes By Deb Reichmann, Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press President Donald Trump frankly acknowledged that he's starving the U.S. Postal Service of money to make it harder to process an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worries could cost him reelection. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 7:18 How election officials and USPS handle mail-in ballots The pandemic is pushing more voters to cast ballots by mail. While most evidence shows that voting fraud is extremely rare, President Trump has been claiming the opposite. Now he's criticizing the idea of more funding for the U.S. Postal… Continue watching
Aug 13 WATCH: Trump attacks Biden over mask policy during virus briefing By Alexandra Jaffe, Will Weissert, Associated Press President Donald Trump is attacking Joe Biden for calling on governors to mandate that all Americans wear masks for the next three months. Continue reading
Aug 13 WATCH: Pelosi remarks on virus aid stalemate By Associated Press With talks on emergency coronavirus aid having stalled out, both sides played the blame game Thursday rather than make any serious moves to try to break their stalemate. Continue reading