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Top Trump and GOP Donor Picked to Lead US Postal Service in Time of Crisis
The businessman is set to become the first postmaster general in two decades not to rise through the agency's ranks.
Trump Demands Postal Service Increase Prices Fourfold for Customers
The president is threatening to withhold future COVID-19 relief from the USPS unless it raises shipping prices.
Postal Union Slams Trump for Holding Funds Hostage to Force “Draconian Cuts”
In 2018, a White House task force released a proposal that, if implemented, would begin privatizing the Postal Service.
The GOP Has Every Reason to Want the US Postal Service to Fail
As advocates of privatization, Republicans also have much to gain from disrupting the 2020 census and mail-in voting.
Postal Workers Union Leader Warns the USPS Could Be Dead in Three Months
The leader of the American Postal Workers Union says privatizing the USPS would be an attack on “a right of the people.”
Stamp Purchases, Congressional Action Urged as Trump Threatens Postal Service
There is no vote-by-mail if there is no postal service.
Sanders Says Congress Must Stop Trump From Privatizing the Postal Service
President Trump is standing in the way of any relief funding for the USPS.
We Can’t Allow Trump to Use the Coronavirus Crisis to Attack the Postal Service
Postal workers are essential to our public health and integrity of our elections.
House Pushes Back on Postal Service Privatization With Financial Relief Bill
The bipartisan bill would ease the financial challenges that critics have used to justify privatization.
Scapegoating Unions for the Postal Service’s Phony Crisis
Some attempted to divert attention from the real cause of post office financial losses by blaming worker rights.