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Trump-Appointed Postmaster General Unveils Sweeping Austerity Plan for USPS

HeadlineMar 23, 2021

Louis DeJoy, the Trump-appointed postmaster general, is unveiling a sweeping austerity plan for the U.S. Postal Service to reduce post office hours, increase postage prices and slow down mail delivery. This comes just days after 50 House Democrats wrote to President Biden urging him to fire the entire Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service, which has the sole power to remove DeJoy from his job.

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