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Trump: My Worry on Mail Voting Isn't With the USPS

President says elections officials won't be able to count all the ballots accurately

(Newser) - President Trump is still worried about a massive surge in mail-in voting . But in an interview with the Washington Examiner , he says his issue isn't with the US Postal Service. Instead, he argues that elections officials won't be able to accurately count all those mailed-in ballots. "It'...

USPS Chief Can't Name the Cost of a Postcard Stamp

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says he knows 'very little about postage stamps'

(Newser) - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday, and the United States Postal Service head couldn't answer certain questions ... about postage. While he correctly answered when asked the price of a first-class stamp, he responded "I don't know" when questioned about...

House Votes to Drop $25B on USPS
House Votes to
Drop $25B on USPS
Aug 23, 2020 5:33 AM CDT

House Votes to Drop $25B on USPS

Trump is against the measure, which is likely to stall in the Senate

(Newser) - With heated debate over mail delays, the House approved legislation in a rare Saturday session that would reverse recent changes in US Postal Service operations and send $25 billion to shore up the agency ahead of the November election. Speaker Nancy Pelosi recalled lawmakers to Washington over objections from Republicans...

Another Postal Service Issue: Mail-Order Chicks, Dead

Thousands aren't surviving usual shipments to Maine farmers

(Newser) - When Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies before Congress Friday and Monday, he'll surely get lots of questions about how new policies might affect mail-in voting. But he might also get questions about a new and grisly problem with mail-order chicks. The Portland Press Herald reports that thousands of chicks...

If Cher Can't Get a Volunteering Gig at the Post Office, Who Can?

Turns out no one, as the star discovered after offering her services to 2 sites in Malibu

(Newser) - First a big TV personality from the '80s floated a plan to help the beleaguered US Postal Service . On Wednesday, Cher jumped into the fray, and her proposal suggested even more direct involvement, starting with a question on Twitter : "Can ppl volunteer at post office!?" A few...

A TV Mailman Floats Idea to Help USPS

John Ratzenberger of 'Cheers' says people should buy things at Postal Service online store

(Newser) - One of the most famous mailmen—albeit a fictional one—is out with an idea to help the beleaguered Postal Service. John Ratzenberger, who played Cliff on Cheers, recorded a video in which he floated his simple plan, reports CNN . Essentially, people should spend money at the USPS Store , either...

USPS Chief Putting Changes on Ice Until After Election

'To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail'

(Newser) - The recent USPS cost-cutting moves that had rankled critics will be put on ice until after the election, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced in a Tuesday statement. The Washington Post outlines what some of those changes were: cuts to overtime, service reductions, and mail-sorting machines brought offline in the name...

Pelosi Takes Action on USPS Drama
Pelosi Takes
Action on
USPS Drama
Aug 17, 2020 6:43 AM CDT

Pelosi Takes Action on USPS Drama

She calls House back early to vote on legislation

(Newser) - US representatives will see their summer recess cut short due to the ongoing US Postal Service drama. Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday she is calling the House back into session this week, Politico reports. Per the AP , a vote is expected Saturday to bar the Trump administration from making any changes...

Lawmaker Names Trump in Criminal Referral

'We simply cannot be polite to corruption,' says Rep. Bill Pascrell

(Newser) - A House Democrat is seeking an investigation into what he calls the Trump administration's "accelerated arson" of the US Postal Service, the New Jersey Herald reports. "I call upon you to open a wide-ranging investigation of Trump's action to interfere with our elections and empanel a...

Postmaster Reveals an Agency Shakeup

DeJoy also says USPS has 'ample capacity' to handle mail voting

(Newser) - The US Postal Service says it lost $2.2 billion in the three months that ended in June as the beleaguered agency—hit hard by the pandemic—piles up financial losses that officials warn could top $20 billion over two years, per the AP . But the new postmaster general, Louis...

Mail Carrier Admits to Fudging Absentee Ballot Requests

USPS contractor in W. Va. pleads guilty, confesses to switching voter party affiliations

(Newser) - To boost mail-in voting amid the pandemic for the June 9 primary in West Virginia, absentee ballot applications were sent to all registered voters. At least eight of those ballot requests ended up with unwelcome changes, all at the hands of a mail carrier who now says he was just...

Postal Delivery Trucks Are Bursting Into Flames

A postal-carrier newsletter calls it 'a very dangerous situation'

(Newser) - Postal workers have a bit of a problem: Their trucks are catching fire. And not just a few of them. At least 417 USPS mail trucks—the classic ones with right-side driving to enable quick delivery—have been damaged or scorched by fire since 2014, Vice reports. Engineers brought in...

5 Mail Carriers Attacked With Paintballs

Postal workers attacked during 3-hour period over Memorial Day weekend

(Newser) - Over a period of three hours on Saturday, five US Postal Service mail carriers were shot with paintballs in what police are calling a series of attacks carried out by two men. The USPS' law enforcement division is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the paintball gunmen,...

John Oliver Wants to Help the USPS. So Now ... Stamps

'Last Week Tonight' launches branded stamp set to raise money for beleaguered agency

(Newser) - John Oliver is worked up about the current financial struggles of the US Postal Service —so his show has launched what Mashable calls a "glorious stamp collection" featuring Bolivian zebras, Mr. Nutterbutter the giant squirrel , and Japanese mascot Chiijohn. On Sunday's Last Week Tonight , Oliver reported that...

Trump Donor Will Be New Postmaster General

President has been pushing for big changes at USPS

(Newser) - President Trump, who recently slammed the US Postal Service as a "joke," will soon have an ally leading the agency. Louis DeJoy, a Republican fundraiser and staunch Trump supporter, will take charge as the new postmaster general on June 15. The USPS says the board of governors has...

Trump Has Blunt Message for Post Office

Raise your prices on package delivery or forget about emergency loan

(Newser) - President Trump laid out the choice for the US Post Office in stark terms Friday: Raise prices on package deliveries or forget about getting an emergency loan. “The post office is a joke," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, per the Washington Post . The Treasury Department has...

Report: Treasury Looking at 'Unprecedented' Control of USPS

'WaPo': Administration may use $10B loan as leverage for more sway over Postal Service

(Newser) - As part of its $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief effort, Congress has authorized the Treasury Department to extend an emergency $10 billion loan to the struggling US Postal Service. But now the Trump administration is reportedly mulling tacking on conditions to that loan that would put some aspects of the...

Trouble Looms for USPS Amid Virus Outbreak

Democratic lawmakers warn the agency may shut down by June if it doesn't get more funding

(Newser) - Lots of things we used to take for granted—going to work and school, gathering with friends at a party or bar, even making a trip to the grocery store—have all but disappeared during the coronavirus pandemic. There may soon be another addition to that list: getting mail, as...

Postal Carrier Felt Overworked, Came Up With a Plan

Jason Delacruz pleads guilty to delay of mail after dumping it into a storage unit

(Newser) - Jason Delacruz didn't have time to deliver all the mail on his route, so ... he put it in a storage locker. The United States Postal Service employee pleaded guilty to delay of mail after more than 200 pieces of first- and second-class mail were found in a storage unit...

USPS Worker Has a Turkey Stalker
USPS Worker Has
a Turkey Stalker
VIDEO
Nov 21, 2019 9:10 AM CST

USPS Worker Has a Turkey Stalker

The bird chases Jeff Byrne's truck from house to house

(Newser) - A USPS worker in Wisconsin is trying his best to be respectful of his stalker because, after all, "it's Thanksgiving." Still, Jeff Byrne would rather the turkey cluck off. "Our poor mail carrier has been dealing with this for a month!" Sherry Michaels wrote Monday...

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