President Trump is angry at Amazon for, in his tweeted words, “costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy.” Yet in more recent days, Mr. Trump has at least channeled his feelings in what could prove a constructive direction, by ordering a task force to spend 120...
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is as determined as ever to make customers pay more as they defend ludicrous schemes keeping the agency deep in debt. The cost of First-Class postage is slated to increase from 49 to 50 cents on Jan. 21 as part of a desperate move by postal...
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Devin Leonard about President Trump's tweet saying the U.S. Postal Service should charge more to deliver Amazon packages. Leonard wrote a book about the U.S. Post Office called Neither Snow nor Rain. Read more here....
After a year of study, the United States Postal Service has announced what images and subject matter it will allow on computer-generated postage created by Stamps.com, Zazzle.com and other companies. Some mailers are not happy with the Postal Service’s final proposal, printed in the Federal Register on Dec. 19. Read more here....
Package-delivery companies are bracing for their busiest week of the holiday season, and one with less room for error. Read more here....
The U.S. Postal Service is gearing up to send taxpayers and postal customers a multi-billion dollar “payment due” notice. Congress should halt delivery. The Postal Service’s push gained considerable steam on December 1. On that day, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which oversees the Postal Service, issued a report on the...