Postal Service

A new package delivery scam trying to leverage personal information is on the rise. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan has what you need to know about avoiding the scam.

The U.S. Postal Service is making several changes that’ll impact mail delivery time and the cost of shipping packages during the 2021 holiday season

The U.S. Postal Service wants to raises rates on first-class stamps from 55 cents to 58 cents as part of a host of price hikes and service changes designed to reduce debt for the beleaguered agency.

It’s the busiest week for holiday shipping through the U.S. Postal Service. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan has the details on the deadlines you don’t want to miss.

Pam Wasserman thought she was being careful when she mailed checks on behalf of her company in September. Working from home amid the pandemic, the Silver Spring, Maryland, nonprofit executive didn’t want to enter a post office. Instead, she said she checked the pickup time on the blue mailbox closest to her house and made sure to drop the...

Thieves are stealing from blue mailboxes, and Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer says the Postal Service is struggling to stop it.

The U.S. Postal Service isn’t delivering mail as quickly as it should, but the delays don’t appear significant enough – at this time – to disrupt an election, according to a September test by NBCLX and NBC Owned Television Stations.

President Trump has slammed the U.S. Postal Service for losing money. But as NBCLX’s Chase Cain explains, the USPS is designed to be a service, not a for-profit business. In this episode of our series “The Myth,” we’re debunking the fiction of a profitable post office.

The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for records about widespread delays to mail delivery.

With more people expected to vote by mail than ever before, one of the nation’s most trusted institutions is about to be tested — at a time when insiders are already raising alarms. After hearing from residents across the capital region complaining of mail slowdowns, the News4 I-Team partnered with a dozen NBC stations around the country to put...

With more people expected to vote by mail than ever before, one of the nation’s most trusted institutions is about to be tested at a time when insiders are already raising alarms. The News4 I-Team partnered with NBC stations around the country to put the post office to the test. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer shares what they found.

Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director for Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, breaks down the lawsuit against the Unites States Postal Service as confusing persists over voting by mail.

Congressional Republicans in tight races this fall are under pressure from both directions as the Postal Service has been thrust into the middle of election-year politics

The postmaster general testified at a Senate hearing Friday. Louis DeJoy said ballots will be guaranteed for delivery in one to three days but said mail sorting machines already removed will not be reinstalled. He also said he’s never talked to President Donald Trump, to whose election campaign he has made large donations in the past, about the post office....

The postmaster general said he’s holding-off on changes and cutbacks until after the election, but local congressional leaders question whether damage is already done. Scott MacFarlane reports Louis DeJoy will still appear before Congress and has been ordered to handover records by Friday.

Controversial cuts to the post service has caused an outcry and protests from lawmakers and the public. News4’s Derrick Ward reports on a change of course from the postmaster general.

In a surprise move the Postmaster General has reversed course and suspended controversial changes to the United States Postal Service that many said were aimed at disrupting the upcoming election.

With the Trump administration openly trying to undermine mail-in voting this fall, some election officials around the country are hoping to bypass the Postal Service by installing lots of ballot drop boxes in libraries, community centers and other public places

The postmaster general says he is halting some operational changes until after the November election