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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars
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 wonât restore USPS mail-sorting machines
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...
House passes bill to reverse changes in U.S. Postal Service blamed for mail delays
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...
Postmaster general to appear before Senate over mail delays
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
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 approves $1.5T plan to fix crumbling infrastructure
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 Democrats’ climate plan would end greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
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...
In time of crises, lands bill gives Senate a chance to unite
At a time of national crises, the Senate has been able to come together on a topic both parties celebrate: the great outdoors.
GOP criticism muted on Trumpâs handling of protests
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
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.''