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.