In December, Trump said during a speech in Mar-a-Lago that he was thinking about taking the agency private. Postmaster General Louis De Joy said that he would be stepping down this week after going halfway into a 10-year term. The officials told the outlet that Trump has considered removing DeJoy from the role. The White House said that no such move was being planned. Democrats have condemned the expected move from the Trump administration, with Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) saying that “The US Postal Service is wildly popular with the...

President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at taking control of the U.S. Postal Service and folding the independent mail agency into the Commerce Department, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal said Thursday. Doing so without approval from Congress "would probably violate federal law," the Post said.

President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The newspaper, citing six people familiar with the plans, reported that Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the Postal Service's governing board and place the agency under the control of the Commerce Department.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced that he would be stepping down as the U.S. Postal Service tries to recover from hundreds of billions of dollars in predicted losses within the next decade. DeJoy, who was appointed during President Donald Trump's first term, notified the Postal Service Board of Governors that it was time to find a suitable successor. "While there remains much critical work to be done to ensure that the Postal Service can be financially viable as we continue to serve the nation in our essential public...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Louis DeJoy, the head of the U.S. Postal Service, intends to step down, the federal agency said Tuesday, after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts. In a Monday letter, Postmaster General DeJoy asked the Postal Service Board of Governors to begin looking for his successor. “As you know, I have worked tirelessly to lead the 640,000 men and women of the Postal Service in accomplishing an extraordinary transformation,” he...

U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced he will be resigning from his position. DeJoy detailed his plans in a three-page letter he addressed to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors on Monday. He also urged them to start searching for his replacement as soon as possible. "While there remains much critical work to be done to ensure that the Postal Service can be financially viable as we continue to serve the nation in our essential public service mission, I have decided it is time to start the...

A U.S. Postal Service supervisor pleaded guilty to federal charges in California after stealing more than $300,000 worth of checks, collectibles, and other goods. Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, agreed to a plea guilty to one count of mail theft and one count of unlawful transfer, possession, and use of means of identification, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. Through Hayes' work at the Costa Mesa Post Office, she stole at least 20 checks that were together worth approximately $284,000. Hayes deposited the checks into...

A stolen U.S. Treasury check in the amount of $2,599 payable to another individual was also found inside Hayes’s home. An employee at the United States Postal Service (USPS) pleaded guilty to stealing more than $300,000 in checks and other items such as gold and collectible currency from mail, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). According to the plea agreement, while Hayes was on duty with the USPS between early last year and December 2024, she stole “checks that had been mailed, which she then deposited into her...

USPS restores delivery of packages from China and Hong Kong Turns out that the indefinite hold on delivery for packages from China and Hong Kong was short lived. The announcement was made on Tuesday by USPS, but rescinded Wednesday after USPS and China had an opportunity to work out an “efficient collection mechanism” for President Trump’s tariff increase on China. USPS announced the change in a statement picked up by Quartz. Elizabeth has been a freelance content writer for over 20 years and has enjoyed having her prose published in...