Lawmakers from both parties and postal union leaders have sounded alarms about disruptive changes introduced by DeJoy this summer, including eliminating overtime and delaying some mail delivery. Democrats claim he deliberately undermines postal service operations to sabotage post-vote in the November election – a charge he denies. Agapi Doulaveris, a …
Read More »UN Security Council rejects US proposal to extend Iran arms embargo
With the failure of the resolution, the US is now in the process of switching to unilateral snapback sanctions on Tehran – despite withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 – a potential action that has raised skepticism and alarm of allies and that experts have warned spell the …
Read More »Bernie Madoff’s brother, co-conspirator Peter Madoff released from federal custody
Peter Madoff in 2002. Getty Images The younger brother of the infamous financier and Ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff was released from federal custody on Thursday after serving nearly nine years of 10-year self-punishment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed in an email that Peter Madoff was released from prison on …
Read More »USPS removes boxes for collecting mail and reduces hours at post offices as critics accuse Trump administration of voter repression
Officials say the USPS has removed mailboxes in at least four states in the past week: New York, Oregon, Montana and Indiana. The USPS has also begun notifying postal workers in at least three states – West Virginia, Florida and Missouri – that they will begin reducing their hours in …
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