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FILE – In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. As they searched for a new postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates vetted by an outside firm. Not on the list: Louis DeJoy, the man ultimately hired for job. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars

August 30, 2020 at 6:13 p.m.

During its search for a new postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates screened by an outside company. Not on the list: Louis...

Defiant DeJoy says he won鈥檛 restore USPS mail-sorting machines

August 24, 2020 at 10:37 a.m.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy refused requests by Democrats on Monday to restore mail-sorting machines or mailboxes removed from service as part of sweeping operational changes at the Postal Service, despite...

Josh Downey, president of the Denver ...

House passes bill to reverse changes in U.S. Postal Service blamed for mail delays

August 22, 2020 at 5:24 p.m.

With heated debate over mail delays, the House approved legislation in a rare Saturday session that would reverse recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations and send $25 billion to...

FILE – In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, is escorted to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Postal Service has sent letters to 46 states and the District of Columbia, warning it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, The Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 14. DeJoy, a former supply-chain CEO and a major donor to President Donald Trump and other Republicans, has pushed cost-cutting measures to eliminate overtime pay and hold mail until the next day if postal distribution centers are running late. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Postmaster general to appear before Senate over mail delays

August 18, 2020 at 11:09 a.m.

Backlash mounting, President Donald Trump's embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will appear Friday before the Senate to testify on mail delivery delays and service changes that lawmakers and others are...

Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill

August 16, 2020 at 5:44 p.m.

The Democratic-run House on Sunday demanded that leaders of the U.S. Postal Service testify at an emergency oversight hearing Aug. 24 on mail delays as concerns grow that the Trump...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., ...

House approves $1.5T plan to fix crumbling infrastructure

July 1, 2020 at 5:37 p.m.

The Democratic-controlled House approved a $1.5 trillion plan Wednesday to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House Democrats’ climate plan would end greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

June 30, 2020 at 4:05 p.m.

House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to address climate change that would set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while pushing renewable energy such as wind...

Mont. Lawmakers have reached bipartisan ...

In time of crises, lands bill gives Senate a chance to unite

June 13, 2020 at 8:37 a.m.

At a time of national crises, the Senate has been able to come together on a topic both parties celebrate: the great outdoors.

President Donald Trump walks past police ...

GOP criticism muted on Trump鈥檚 handling of protests

June 2, 2020 at 3:04 p.m.

Most Republicans continued Tuesday to avoid any criticism of President Donald Trump, though a handful of GOP senators spoke out against police use of tear gas to clear peaceful demonstrators...

Trump pick to oversee rescue spending pledges impartiality

May 5, 2020 at 12:28 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s choice to oversee a significant chunk of the $2 trillion economic rescue law is pledging to conduct audits and investigations "with fairness and impartiality.''

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