The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has announced its plan to acquire at least 66,000 battery electric vehicles, which the company plans to deploy by 2028, with the initiative supported by funding from Congress. The USPS is anticipating the purchase of at least 60,000 of its new “Next Generation Delivery Vehicles,” of which at least 75…

China is ramping up threats as reports say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is visiting Taiwan Tuesday. The White House revealed what Beijing could do and how the United States would respond. Senators this week are taking up two massive spending bills. One is to help veterans, while the other will change how businesses and Americans…

Commentary Congress, in the proposed Postal Service Reform Act of 2021, is attempting to deal with the decades-long travails of the government enterprise that has lost $87 billion since 2007 and $9.2 billion just in fiscal year 2020. A key to improving USPS financial prospects in the future is their participation in delivering packages for…

A non-profit government watchdog is suing in federal court to force the United States Postal Service (USPS) to produce copies of documents about its tracking of social media posts about planned political protests. The suit filed by Judicial Watch in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is based on the group’s April…

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Tuesday outlined a proposed 10-year strategic plan that would slow current first-class delivery standards and raise some prices to stem $160 billion in forecasted red ink over the next decade. The plan would revise existing one-to-three-day service standards for first-class mail letters to one to five days. USPS said…