THE US House of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday to give the postal service a US$25 billion infusion and halt changes that Democrats said threatened the millions of mail-in ballots expected in November's presidential election. Read more at The Business Times.
Mr Trump, who is trailing challenger Joe Biden in polls, also has repeatedly and baselessly linked mail-in voting to election fraud.
He has also overseen a cut in overtime pay for mail carriers, which a union leader told AFP has slowed delivery times nationwide, and reshuffled senior management. USPS announced last Tuesday that it would hold off on operational changes until after the Nov 3 election. But Democrats were not mollified and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called lawmakers back from summer recess to consider the issue.
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