Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service wants to raises rates on first-class stamps from 55 cents to 58 cents as part of a host of price hikes and service changes designed to reduce debt for the beleaguered agency.

Postal and law enforcement officials are investigating after four dozen mail-in ballots were found undelivered at a post office in Miami-Dade County.

With the election one week away, voting advocates are urging people to drop off their absentee ballots in person. That’s because on-time delivery for the postal service has dropped.

The U.S. Postal Service isn’t delivering mail as quickly as it should, but the delays don’t appear significant enough – at this time – to disrupt an election, according to a September test by NBCLX and NBC Owned Television Stations.

President Trump has slammed the U.S. Postal Service for losing money. But as NBCLX’s Chase Cain explains, the USPS is designed to be a service, not a for-profit business. In this episode of our series “The Myth,” we’re debunking the fiction of a profitable post office.

The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for records about widespread delays to mail delivery.

Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director for Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, breaks down the lawsuit against the Unites States Postal Service as confusing persists over voting by mail.

Congressional Republicans in tight races this fall are under pressure from both directions as the Postal Service has been thrust into the middle of election-year politics

Congressional Republicans in tight races this fall are under pressure from both directions as the Postal Service has been thrust into the middle of election-year politics

With the Trump administration openly trying to undermine mail-in voting this fall, some election officials around the country are hoping to bypass the Postal Service by installing lots of ballot drop boxes in libraries, community centers and other public places

Facing mounting backlash, President Donald Trump’s embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday he is halting some operational changes until after the November elections. Democrats had contended that the changes caused disruptions that threatened mail-in voting, and some states planned to file lawsuits.

In a surprise move the Postmaster General has reversed course and suspended controversial changes to the United States Postal Service that many said were aimed at disrupting the upcoming election.

An unlikely battlefield has emerged in an election season like no other: the U.S. Postal Service. President Trump is drawing sharp criticism for admitting he wants to block billions of dollars in funding for the Postal Service in order to limit mail-in voting during the pandemic.

President Donald Trump is making clear why he opposes extra money for the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday demanded that the U.S. Postal Service’s internal ethics watchdog investigate what she suggested was “corruption” in the purchase of Amazon stock options by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy after his appointment to that job. The Massachussetts Democrat Warren, in a tweet, wrote that DeJoy’s “investments in @USPS competitors were already deeply problematic.” “But his purchase of @Amazon stock options after his...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and 174 other Democrats in the chamber signed a letter sent Wednesday to the new Postmaster General demanding the agency reverses operational changes they argue would hamper mail-in voting on Nov. 3, NBC News reports.

The annual start of hurricane season casts a shadow of dread over coastal sections of the United States. People fret over the next Big One, even as communities struggle to recover from the last one. For some communities, the devastation remains an open wound, as in Florida’s Panama City, slammed by Hurricane Michael in October. Even years later, many towns...

For some communities, the devastation remains an open wound, as in Florida’s Panama City, slammed by Hurricane Michael in October.

The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a one-of-a-kind stamp Tuesday ahead of the coast-to-coast, total eclipse set to appear on Monday, Aug. 21. A touch of the finger transforms the stamp’s image from a solar eclipse into the moon.

Federal prosecutors in Southern California have charged dozens of postal workers and others with theft, fraud and other crimes — including a mail carrier who allegedly hoarded 48,000 pieces of mail.