States step in as USPS permitted to ship guns in mail
Three states say they will stand up for gun-control laws that the Trump administration will no longer defend and fight the shipment of firearms through the mail.
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Postal systems worldwide confront the same financial pressures
Debates about the U.S. Postal Service often focus narrowly on domestic policy choices, congressional mandates, or management decisions. But USPS is not an outlier; it is confronting the same structural shift affecting postal systems worldwide.
APWU Files Amicus Brief Supporting the Prohibition to Mail Concealable Handguns
The APWU has filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in Shreve v. U.S. Postal Service (W.D. Pa.), a case challenging the federal law prohibiting individuals from mailing concealable handguns.
Don’t use a postal credit card for personal expenses
The Postal Service is reminding employees that Voyager credit cards and GSA SmartPay travel credit cards are USPS property and should not be used for any personal expenses — even if you plan to reimburse the organization for the purchase.
Mail thefts, robberies, fraud and other postal crimes – 03/12/26
Postal crimes are almost a daily event. These are the ones we found today
Most Retirement Applications Are Now Made Online, but Still Don’t Reach OPM for Months
A tipping point was recently passed with the majority of federal retirement applications now being made online, OPM has said, while adding that the processing time before those applications even reach that agency for adjudication averages more than three months
US Postal Service expects to run out of cash in a year without help from Congress, postmaster says
The U.S. Postal Service will run out of cash within a year unless Congress lifts a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money, the new postmaster general warned in an interview.
APWU Livestream Celebrates the Great Postal Strike, Unveils Digital History Center
On Tuesday, March 10, APWU President Jonathan Smith hosted a livestream that celebrated the Great Postal Strike, a week-long work stoppage in March of 1970 that secured collective bargaining rights, vastly improved wages, and other benefits that assured a better life for generations of postal workers and led to the formation of the APWU
Budzinski, Postal Caucus Co-Chairs Convene Roundtable with Union Leaders on Improving Delivery Rates
The Congressional Postal Service Caucus convened a roundtable with leaders from postal unions to discuss how the caucus can support them in protecting postal workers and improving mail delivery for constituents.
USPS International Service Suspension Notice
The Postal Service is temporarily suspending acceptance of items destined to the following countries, due
to logistics impacts resulting from the conflict in the Middle East