United States Postal Service

What It Took To Keep The Postal Service From Handing Trump The Election

“The point here is not just about election outcomes. It’s about honoring the sacred right to vote.”
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Is It Safe To Ship Homemade Food This Thanksgiving?

If you can't celebrate Thanksgiving or the December holidays with loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, here's how to mail them food.
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The USPS Didn’t Actually Fail To Deliver 300,000 Ballots. Here’s What We Know.

It's still early, but the U.S. Postal Service seems to have avoided the systemwide meltdown that voters feared earlier this summer.
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USPS Says COVID-19 Is Delaying Ballot Delivery In Swing States

Delivery of absentee ballots is delayed in Detroit, greater Michigan and central Pennsylvania — and could swing the presidential election.
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I Tried To Deliver Century-Old Mail To Its Rightful Owners. It Took Me 2 Years.

"Given 10 'dead letters' from the early 20th century that never made it through the postal system, I set out to track down the families of their senders."
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Mail-In Ballots May Not Be Moving Fast Enough In Key Swing States

New USPS numbers show slowdowns in cities like Detroit, where turnout is crucial for Joe Biden.
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Ordering Your Gifts Online This Year? These Are The Holiday Shipping Deadlines To Know.

Many retailers are cutting off holiday shipments by mid-December this year.
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Florida Woman Out Of Luck When Winning Lottery Ticket Gets Lost In Mail

The postal service is investigating what happened and officials apologized for any “inconvenience” for Sue Burgess' $1000 loss.
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DeJoy Says Mail Sorting Machines Were Stripped For Parts And Can't Be Reinstalled

The postmaster general and the U.S. Postal Service argue they can't comply with a judge's order to return 700 high-speed mail processors to service.
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Judge Orders Postal Service To Process Election Mail On Time

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the right to vote is "too vital a value in our democracy to be left in a state of suspense in the minds of voters weeks before a presidential election."
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