U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) has taken a stand against unanticipated postal rate increases on behalf of non-profit organizations that send care packages to American service members deployed overseas. Rep. MacArthur sent two letters on Feb. 5 seeking solutions to United States Postal Service (USPS) rate increases, which his office said...
President Trump tweeted in December that the U.S. Postal Service isn’t charging Amazon enough to deliver merchandise. But it’s not Jeff Bezos who is getting the lowest rates. In fact, it’s a major economic competitor of the United States—China—that is getting a sweetheart deal from the USPS. Read the full article...
Three Queens congress members have called on the head of the U.S. Postal Service to address mail delivery problems in Queens. The officials, in a Jan. 23 letter addressed to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, listed a series of issues such as delivery delays, incorrectly delivered mail, package problems and poor customer...
China said Thursday it is ready to work with the United States in fighting illicit opioid shipments after congressional investigators found that Chinese opioid manufacturers exploit weak screening in the U.S. Postal Service to ship large quantities of illegal drugs to American dealers. “Anti-drug coordination is one of the highlights of...
A yearlong investigation has detailed how international drug traffickers harnessed vulnerabilities in the mail system to flood the illicit market with potent opioids, according to a report released Wednesday by Senators Rob Portman and Tom Carper. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which conducted the probe, said that their report marks a...