BREAKING: In a major reversal, embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announces he will suspend several cost-cutting initiatives in an effort “to avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail.”
The U.S. Postal Service sounding the alarm that mail in ballots might "not be returned by mail in the time to be counted."
MORE: Postmaster general agrees to testify before Senate, House lawmakers amid mail-in voting firestorm In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, is escorted to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Taking a position contrary to Trump -- who has said the Postal Service is a"joke" and ill-equipped to handle"millions and millions of ballots" -- DeJoy said it's fully capable of handling the expected surge in mail-in ballots this year and will do so regardless of any additional funding from Congress.
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