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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut head office and other non-frontline jobs by the end of 2027.
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Newest firstU.S. terminates website that sold $126M in phony postage labels
U.S. postal police have seized a web site that peddled phony postage labels at a discount, costing the Postal Service $126 million. The post U.S. terminates we…
Trump's mail voting crackdown tests Postal Service leader who says he's 'not political'
Before he was the top U_S_ Postal Service official, David Steiner criticized Donald Trump's leadership style after seeing him on "The Apprentice."
Consumer
E-commerce shippers exploit USPS to dispose of undelivered packages
The U.S. Postal Service system for handling undelivered packages is a black hole for customers, who rarely get matched with a missing item, and a money pit for…
Geopolitics
Donald Trump's attacks on postal voting are failing
But he has other ways to snarl the midterm elections
Supreme Court blocks new Postal Service rules for mail ballots in blow to Trump
The Supreme Court left intact a ruling that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting, rejecting the Trump administration'…
Geopolitics
The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trump's Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms
The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November.
Geopolitics
The new threat election officials fear: Trump's federal government
With seven weeks until Election Day, officials are preparing for seized ballots, troops at the polls and a postal system that could reject ballots by the batch.
Geopolitics
Ballot scramble hints at chaos under Trump proposal, Fla. election official says
A county elections supervisor in the state said the Postal Service initially rejected the ballots envelope he was planning to use over a 0.014-inch discrepancy.
Geopolitics
US appeals court rejects Trump's bid to restrict mail-in voting before midterms
Court declined to put on hold injunction preventing the USPS from tightening rules around postal votingA US appeals court has rejected Donald Trump's attempt…
Trump wants the Postal Service to radically overhaul mail voting. But ballots are already going out.
While the Trump administration's bid to overhaul mail-in voting remains blocked by the lower courts, North Carolina will be the first state to send ballots on…
Geopolitics
Election officials raise alarm over mail voting rules: "Virtually impossible"
One official in California said that scanning individual ballots for every voter in the state would take roughly 43 years based on the Postal Service's estimat…
Geopolitics
Federal judge considers whether to extend ban on USPS mail ballot changes
Judge says US Postal Service has told her nothing about how it plans to regulate mail ballots for midterm electionsA federal judge in Boston said on Thursday t…
Whistleblower warns Postal Service's mail ballot portal is "rushed," "untested"
The whistleblower, described by lawyers as a federal official, disclosed information about the Postal Service's new mail-voting procedures to Democratic Sen. R…
Postal Service plans may keep voters from getting ballots, whistleblower says
An anonymous federal official warns that a rushed USPS portal tied to Trump's mail-voting order could reject large batches of ballots before the midterms.
Obama Judge Once Again Orders Postal Service To Defy Trump's Mail-In Ballot Executive Order
'The Final Rule is unconstitutional'
Transport
U.S. Postal Service plans 6% peak season surcharge for parcels
The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday proposed surcharges for domestic package delivery during the peak holiday season to cover extra handling costs, following th…
Postal Service contract drivers faulted for English-language violations
Drivers that aren't proficient in English is one of several problems an audit uncovered within the U.S. Postal Service's program for hiring contract drivers fo…
AI
Bad news for Jason Kelce: Postal Service rules say you shouldn't mail pee to data centers
Bad news for Jason Kelce: Postal Service rules say you shouldn't mail pee to data centers
Heat Kills Hundreds of Workers Each Year. A Postal Carrier Was One.
About half a dozen states explicitly protect workers from excessive heat. And some others, like Texas, prevent local governments from passing their own laws.
Consumer
Analyst: UPS-Teamsters 2028 showdown will unleash parcel industry tsunami
UPS's next contract with the Teamsters union in two years will determine its own fate in parcel delivery and create monumental change at Amazon, FedEx, the U.S…
Finance
Postal operators struggle to break even despite parcel growth
Modest parcel revenue growth cannot mask the financial pressure facing global postal operators amid rising costs, declining letter volumes and competition from…
Transport
Postal Service moves half of long-distance mail by air just to satisfy UPS contract
The Postal Service is moving more mail by air to compensate for lower parcel volumes and avoid premiums for missing UPS volume guarantees when the stated polic…
Postal worker and mom of two killed while delivering mail, leaving kids orphaned after husband's death: cops
Brandi Reynolds, a USPS mail carrier and mother of two, was allegedly shot and killed by William Craig Durham while delivering mail in North Carolina.
Postal Service buys time before cash runs out, seeks federal subsidy
The U.S. Postal Service is borrowing employee retirement funds to maintain cash flow, but will run out of money in five years or more unless Congress passes st…
Transport
DHL outsources last-mile parcel delivery to US Postal Service for $10B
A new $10 billion delivery contract with DHL eCommerce is an example of how the U.S. Postal Service under new Postmaster General David Steiner is trying to be…
Transport
US Postal Service proposes limited parcel price increases
The U.S. Postal Service wants to change some pricing mechanisms for parcel shipments, which will increase costs for shippers. The post US Postal Service propos…
Transport
Postal Service hires former UPS logistics exec as chief strategy officer
The U.S. Postal Service has selected a former UPS executive as chief strategy officer. The post Postal Service hires former UPS logistics exec as chief strateg…
US Postal Service reduces operating loss to $642M
The U.S. Postal Service made strides in the second quarter reducing heavy losses, but has a long way to go to become profitable. The post US Postal Service red…
Macro
Troubled Postal Service moves to raise stamp prices, conserve cash
The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service has suspended pension payments and seeks to raise the price of a First-Class stamp by 4 cents. The post Troubled Postal S…
