(CNN)Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy reversed course Tuesday, saying that all changes being made to the Postal Service would be suspended until after the November 3 election, just as 20 Demo…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is recalling the US House of Representatives early from its summer recess in a bid to protect the US Postal Service from efforts to block funding and suppress mail-in voting in November’s election. Several states were also considering taking legal action to stop the service being run down to a level where…
The letters sketch a grim possibility for the tens of millions of Americans eligible for a mail-in ballot this fall: Even if people follow all of their state’s election rules, the pace of Postal Service delivery may disqualify their votes.The Postal Service’s warnings of potential disenfranchisement came as the agency undergoes a sweeping organizational and…
Their delivery may be a little late, but the new mail trucks are almost here.The U.S. Postal Service has confirmed that it plans to award one or multiple contracts for the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle by the end of this year.The Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) will replace the long-serving Grumman Long Life Vehicle, which…
Show captionThe new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, who took office in June, has reportedly prohibited overtime, amid other changes that have raised fears about voting by mail. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe fight to voteRon Stroman, who stepped down as deputy postmaster general this year, warned new policies at USPS could disenfranchise votersThu 13 Aug 2020…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…