May 27, 2021
The state of New York slammed the U.S. Postal Service's bid to scale back its operations amid litigation seeking to ward off delivery delays ahead of the 2020 election, telling a District of Columbia federal court that the agency already defied orders to restore service levels.
October 30, 2020
A D.C. federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service on Friday to increase services at its election mail processing centers in more than 20 districts across the country, including Central Pennsylvania and Fort Worth, Texas, so that millions of American ballots can be delivered before Tuesday's election.
September 11, 2020
The Trump administration urged a D.C. federal judge Friday not to block operational changes to the U.S. Postal Service that a coalition of states claim threaten election mail, arguing that staffing shortages are due to the COVID-19 pandemic and equipment and overtime changes were routine.
September 03, 2020
A coalition of nearly a dozen states including New York and Pennsylvania filed injunction motions in federal court Wednesday aimed at quickly reversing operational changes in the U.S. Postal Service that they say have slowed delivery and threaten to leave mail-in ballots uncounted in the upcoming presidential election.