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US Postal Service

March 2024

  • The decision to suspend the program comes amid slowing case rates, but could still be distributed in the future, according to ASPR.

    USPS to stop accepting orders for free Covid tests 8 March

    US government has been mailing free at-home Covid tests on and off since January 2022 to curb spread of virus

December 2023

  • People hold signs reading ‘Save our US Postal Service’ in Pasadena, California, in August 2020.

    ‘It’s going to delay the mail’: the fight over Louis DeJoy’s USPS plan

    Trump’s postmaster general appointee is implementing a 10-year austerity plan that will slash jobs and close sorting centers

November 2023

  • Emergency and law enforcement agencies respond to a possible hazmat situation at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election.

    Letters containing fentanyl sent to several US states’ election offices

    Offices in Georgia, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington were all sent letters containing suspicious substances

April 2022

  • United States Postal Service (USPS) workers load mail into delivery trucks outside a post office in Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S., August 2020.

    Sixteen states sue US Postal Service over gas-powered truck purchase

    The ‘gas-guzzling fleet guarantees decades of pollution with every postcard and package,’ says an attorney

February 2022

  • A mail carrier walks toward one of a line of boxy white US postal service trucks.

    US postal service under fire for plan to spend $11.3bn on gas-powered fleet

  • A USPS next-generation delivery vehicle on display in Las Vegas.

    ‘Building back worse’: Wisconsin’s fight over the production of USPS vehicles

January 2022

  • A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker unloads packages from his truck, New York, April 2020.

    The fight to oust Louis DeJoy and his ‘disastrous’ austerity plan

    Unions, elected officials and others call for Trump appointee’s exit amid delays in services, cuts and consolidation efforts

December 2021

  • Louis DeJoy on Capitol Hill in February.

    The fight to vote
    The US postmaster appointed under Trump is still raising alarm – but can he be stopped?

    Biden has taken steps toward Louis DeJoy’s removal, but he lacks the authority to dismiss him

June 2021

  • The Washington Post reported in September 2020 that staffers at DeJoy’s former business in North Carolina, New Breed Logistics, claimed that he or his aides pressured them to patronize fundraising events or contribute to GOP candidates.

    Trump-appointed postmaster general investigated over political fundraising

    FBI agents interviewed present and former employees who worked for Louis DeJoy about campaign contributions

April 2021

  • Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has faced scrutiny over the last year due to the reform effort that slowed mail service for the 2020 election.

    Outcry over US Postal Service reportedly tracking social media posts

    Report obtained by Yahoo says USPS surveilling via covert program social media activity it describes as ‘inflammatory’

February 2021

  • Prototype of the new mail truck Oshkosh will build for the U.S. Postal Service.

    US Postal Service's new mail truck delivers mixed bag of responses

  • FILE PHOTO: House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing titled “Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in Ballots,\<br>FILE PHOTO: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing titled “Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in Ballots,” in Rayburn House Office Building on Monday, August 24, 2020. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

    Democrats urge Biden to fire USPS chief Trump ally who decimated mail service

November 2020

  • Collections of postcards and letters

    When the first mail from my pen pal came, the excitement I felt was beyond reason

    Anna Sublet
  • United States Postal Service (USPS) processing and distribution center in Washington, DC<br>epa08729850 A mail carrier walks to a truck at a United States Postal Service (USPS) processing and distribution center in Washington, DC, USA, USA, 08 October 2020. US President Donald J. Trump has for months attacked the credibility of mail-in ballots and the ability of the USPS to deliver them in time for a fair presidential election count. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

    The fight to vote
    Judge orders US Postal Service to take 'extraordinary measures' to deliver ballots on time

October 2020

  • US-VOTE-HARRIS<br>A supporter holds his sealed voting ballot as Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks at a campaign stop at Northwest Activities Center on October 25, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. - As she speaks to cheering crowds, drops in to neighborhood coffee shops or pays “surprise” visits to college students, 56-year-old Kamala Harris has brought a jolt of youthful energy to the low-key presidential campaign of her 77-year-old running mate, Democrat Joe Biden. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

    The fight to vote
    Critical mail delays hit swing states ahead of US election

    The Guardian tested postal service speed in the battleground state of Michigan and found delays that may be wider spread

September 2020

  • House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing titled "Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in Ballots,\<br>Postmaster General Louis DeJoy arrives to testify during the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing titled "Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in Ballots," in Rayburn House Office Building on Monday, August 24, 2020. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS

    The fight to vote
    Revealed: evidence shows huge mail slowdowns after Trump ally took over

  • The Guardian's Sam Levine looks at how&nbsp;voter suppression&nbsp;has been unfolding across the US and the ways president Donald Trump is trying delegitimise November's election

    5:32

    The fight to vote
    Voter suppression: how Trump is undermining the US election – video explainer

  • U.S. Postmaster General DeJoy and USPS Board of Governors President Duncan testify at House Oversight Committee hearing on slowdowns at Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington<br>U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors President Robert Duncan testifies remotely during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on slowdowns at the Postal Service ahead of the November elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/Pool

    Head of USPS board of governors has high-level ties to Republican party

  • Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general. In taking control of the family business, DeJoy triggered an acrimonious legal battle with long-lasting consequences.

    Exclusive: Trump's postal chief ousted brother to win control of family firm, court files allege

August 2020

  • US postmaster general admits to not knowing cost of sending a postcard in House grilling – video

    'I'll submit that I know very little about postage stamps,' Louis Dejoy conceded, as he defended his leadership of the United States Postal Service

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