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USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers

USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has agreed to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget. He'll do that working with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. A letter sent to members of Congress on Thursday says DOGE will assist the U.S. Postal Service with addressing "big problems" at the agency. USPS has sometimes struggled in recent years to stay afloat. The agency listed such issues as mismanagement of the agency's retirement assets and Workers' Compensation Program. USPS employs about 640,000 workers. Neither the Postal Service nor the Trump administration did immediately respond to emails requesting comment.

The US Postal Service has been struggling for years. Now Trump's talking about privatizing it

The US Postal Service has been struggling for years. Now Trump's talking about privatizing it

The U.S. Postal Service is facing an uncertain future after the resignation this week of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the suggestion by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk of possibly privatizing the mail service. Unions representing postal workers have balked at the idea of privatization, staging protests across the country and warning Americans that they could lose a beloved service. What happens next may depend on who becomes the next postmaster general. The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors is an independent establishment of the executive branch that oversees the Postal Service. The board has retained a global consulting firm to conduct a search.

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