The House is planning to vote on a bipartisan bill to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service as soon as next week, looking to finally make progress on legislation the mailing agency has said is vital to avoiding fiscal calamity. The 2021 Postal Reform Act (H.R. 3076) won unanimous support when the...
A key part of the Biden administration's plan to distribute free COVID tests depends heavily on the United States Postal Service. White House officials say that effort is going well, with tens of millions of tests now being shipped. But the U.S. Postal Service remains under intense scrutiny for its...
Jack, the North Hills neighborhood postal worker, drops off some deliveries, bundled up to keep warm from the brutal temperatures. He was one of thousands of United States Postal Service delivery workers out during the winter weather warning. "With winter weather coming, we always have preparations that are going into place," said...
The U.S. Postal Service has begun taking orders for free at-home coronavirus test kits. The website COVIDtests.gov was originally slated to begin taking orders on Wednesday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the site is in the "beta testing" stage and "will be launched formally tomorrow morning [Wednesday]." Read the full...
The U.S. Postal Service has provided financial services to just six individuals since it launched a pilot program in September, bringing into question whether the mailing agency will expand the effort that many progressive lawmakers and advocates have pushed for years. USPS launched its limited foray into banking last fall at...