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April 14, 2026

• USPS Board of Governors Announces Cash Conservation Plans Process - PEN
• Postal Service EV Rollout Continues Despite Headwinds
• Postal worker hospitalized after collision with double-parked truck in Brownsville
• This employee turned his love of cars into a fight against cancer
• Man critically injured in stabbing at southeast Indianapolis postal facility
• USPS Faces Urgent Demand for Automotive and Electronic Technicians
• Lawmakers seek assurances from USPS regarding mail-in ballots
• 2 arrested, stolen mail recovered after U-Haul chase across Carrollton, TX

April 13, 2026

• Federal retirement backlog leaves thousands of postal workers without benefits
• Letter carriers to take seat belt pledge on April 21
• Letter carrier reports being shot by pellet gun in Warren, OH
• OIG: Audits Look at USPS Delivery Operations in Norfolk and Lynchburg, VA, Area
• Basins, ponds at USPS sites must be maintained
• Postal Inspector Hiring Portal Coming Soon - April 14-23

April 12, 2026

• NRLCA Statement on the Postal Service Suspension of Employer FERS Contributions - PEN
• Chelsea Man Sentenced for His Role in a Mail Theft and Check Fraud Scheme - PEN
• US Postal Service warns employees of "cash crisis", suspends pension contributions
• USPS Is Running Out of Money. Here’s How It Could Affect Your Mail
• USPS to Suspend FERS Payments to OPM in Cash Saving Move
• Man dead, USPS worker injured after car crash in Montgomery County
• NALC: Bargaining update posted to Members Only Portal

April 11, 2026

• Tinkering with stamp prices won’t save the Postal Service
• USPS worker pinned under mail truck after Massachusetts crash lucky to be alive, fire chief says
• Senator Rounds discusses OIG visit and Postal Service issues
• She helped save two children from an apartment fire. This letter carrier saw smoke and alerted residents
• Postal worker stops scam, saves elderly woman from losing $25,000
• What to Know About the U.S. Postal Service’s ‘Severe Financial Crisis’
• Federal retirement backlog leaves thousands of postal workers without benefits

April 10, 2026

• PRC Grants USPS Multi-Year Waiver to Address Financial Shortfalls - PEN
• NALC statement on USPS’s temporary suspension of FERS contributions - PEN
• Strained Postal Service Proposes Price Increases and Delays Retirement Funds
• Amazon to scale up drone delivery in 2025, CEO says
• APWU-Represented Employees Covered by the National Agreement Receive Retroactive Payments April 10
• NALC to participate in House field hearing on protecting democracy and vote-by-mail
• USPS recommends new prices - The proposed changes would take effect in July
• OIG: Give Us Your Thoughts on USPS Workforce Composition Changes
• Meet some of the people who shaped the American story
• Former Chicago postal worker accused of stealing checks and forging signatures
• 2 arrested in Southern California in connection to Clovis Post Office robbery

April 09, 2026

• Baton Rouge Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Theft of Mail - PEN
• USPS Board of Governor’s Decides to Temporarily Suspend the USPS Employer Contributions for the FERS Retirement System - PEN
• USPS begins cash conservation plan - Temporarily suspends payments to FERS Retirement System -PEN
• APWU-Represented Employees Covered by the National Agreement Receive Retroactive Payments April 10 - PEN
• Trump's Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers' Medical Records
• Former Morrisville postmaster pleads guilty to over $118K in theft
• OPM to FEHB carriers: Cut costs, MAHA style
• ‘The System Screwed Up’: Atlanta Murder Suspect Walked Free for 18 Months Until He Allegedly Killed U.S. Postal Worker In Nearby Suburb

April 08, 2026

• Georgia USPS Employee at the Center of a $54M Pandemic Relief Fraud
• Orleans Parish Resident Sentenced to 144 Months for Assault on a Postal Employee and Felon in Possession of a Firearm - PEN
• Trucking company owners sentenced in Postal Service kickback scheme
• Little Rock Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of a Postal Employee - PEN
• Former rural carrier sentenced to prison and $650,000 in restitution - workers’ comp fraud
• USPS to shift some volume as it installs new sortation equipment

April 07, 2026

• Amazon cuts USPS volume by 20% in new deal, averting major revenue loss for Postal Service
• Montgomery, AL Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiracy Involving Stolen Mail and Bank Fraud - PEN
• Four Sentenced to Combined 99 Months in Federal Prison for US Postal Bribery Scheme - PEN
• OIG: A Mail Carrier Claimed She Was Disabled, but the Evidence Told Another Story - PEN
• Postal Service can proceed with 8% parcel surcharge, regulator says
• Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order reveals why DOJ is pushing for state voter data

April 06, 2026

• War in Iran: Amazon, UPS, FedEx, USPS add temporary fuel surcharges to offset extra costs
• USPS raised nearly $2 million for the Combined Federal Campaign
• From Pro Skater to Postal Worker: Life After Skateboarding
• Police: Beware of fraudulent SMS messages on your phone! They are “disguised” as postal services for delivering packages

April 05, 2026

• OPM Prioritizes Prevention and Wellness in FEHB and PSHB Programs - PEN
• Customers of Just Send It Mail Agency in Silverthorne, CO, Urged to Respond to Investigation of Possible Mail Mishandling - PEN
• The Decline of Snail Mail: Postal Service's Annual Loss Doubles
• California election experts sound alarm as rejected ballots quadruple
• He heard yelling and stopped to investigate This letter carrier helped a customer who had fallen and hit her head
• Local students see the past come alive at the Central Arkansas post offices

April 04, 2026

• California election experts sound alarm as rejected ballots quadruple
• Mail Ballot Issues Leave Thousands of California Votes Uncounted
• Bernese mountain dog's special bond with the mailman couldn't be more wholesome
• OIG Audit Finds Results and Gaps in New USPS Relief Supervisor Positions

April 03, 2026

• NRLCA Statement on Executive Order Targeting Vote by Mail - PEN
• Congressional Members Push for Postal Service to Fix Severe Delays in Mail Delivery - PEN
• Senators Push Back on SSA Interpretation of Back Payments under GPO-WEP Repeal Law
• Lawsuits say new role for U.S. Postal Service in elections is unconstitutional - so is illegals voting
• Rep. Johnson tours Sioux Falls USPS facility and discusses issues
• They waved at the neighbors while robbing them: Marysville mail thieves strike at least 5 times
• Macon Mailroom Bust: Two Postal Workers Nabbed, Two More On The Run
• Amazon to slap 3.5% surcharge on third-party sellers as Iran War drives up fuel prices

April 02, 2026

• Canada Post gets okay to end home delivery in cost move
• U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns public about new wave of scams powered by artificial intelligence
• Automatic machine gun last seen at Detroit USPS before getting lost in the mail
• Bay Area man faces decades in prison after violently attacking USPS carrier
• Tomball Takedown as Harris County Cops Collar Suspect in Postal Worker Heist
• Possible Health Insurance Changes Again - PEN

April 01, 2026

• New Orleans Man Indicted for Assaulting Postal Carrier with a Deadly Weapon - PEN
• Seattle Man Sentenced for Mailing Fentanyl Pills to Omaha - PEN
• Amazon introduces faster delivery with new 1-hour and 3-hour options - PEN
• USPS announces stamp issues for World Stamp Show
• USPS Parcel Dimension Compliance - PEN
• San Jose Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing and Assaulting a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier - PEN
• USPS enhances security for direct deposit
• Trump issues second executive order on elections, giving U.S. Postal Service unprecedented control over mail voting
• Trump orders Postal Service to limit mail ballots to voters on new DHS-approved lists
• Wild turkeys attacking postal workers, residents say
• Canada Post gets okay to end home delivery in cost move
• 4 USPS employees arrested in connection to Macon mail theft investigation, sheriff's office says
• USPS Worker Arrested After Dumping Mail Into Woods in Charles County, Charged With Littering

March 31, 2026

• Congressman Mrvan Sends Letter to USPS on Wheeler Post Office - PEN
• Five Charged in $3.5M Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme - PEN
• Postal worker named ‘Hero of the Year’ after saving man shot multiple times
• Tosa residents say postal workers won't deliver mail on their street due to turkey takeover
• Authorities: Suspicious mail from Puerto Rico to Scranton contains cocaine
• Mental exam ordered for Hawaii island man accused of stealing mail carrier’s keys
• She was a spy before becoming a postmaster
• USPS Opts For Phased Rollout Of New Dimension Rule, Delaying Non-Compliance Fee To 2027
• Long Island postal worker accused of stealing gift cards from mail while on the job

March 30, 2026

• NRLCA Statement on Postmaster General David Steiner’s Congressional Testimony - PEN
• Authorities: Suspicious mail from Puerto Rico to Scranton contains cocaine
• USPS adds first-ever fuel surcharge
• Safe driver award nominations close soon
• Iowa mail carrier honored after rescuing woman from house fire on her route
• Mail spills out of USPS truck in St. Charles
• The Social Security Decision Some FERS Retirees May Get Wrong

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NATIONAL NEWS

• 16 wounded in school shooting in Turkey
• Iran offers to halt enrichment for 5 years, U.S. wants 20 years
• Iranian delegation felt 'threatened', changed travel plans after talks
• Sanctioned Chinese tanker clears Hormuz despite US blockade
• Eric Swalwell issues new statement, resigns from Congress

• After 158 years, moonshiners are proven correct
• Ayatollah has ‘severe and disfiguring’ wounds
• US clearing out Strait of Hormuz, Trump claims as Iran threatens to attack unauthorized ships
• The suspect accused of assassinating, Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, allegedly wrote a letter to his trans-lover, according to a newly unsealed affidavit
• Trump gets big victory in Britain
• Damn straight, Marco Rubio

• ‘No one can stop us from enriching Uranium.’
• Very good girl stands up to bear
• Update on missing Ayatollah
• Media is still freaking out over (civilization) threat that was never made
• DOJ launches probe into NFL

• ‘The Iranian people are unhappy when we stop bombing.’
• ‘If it were up to me I would keep the oil.’
• Message sent to Supreme Court
• Iran rejects ceasefire in 10 point response to U.S.
• Saudi Arabia kicks in $10 billion on Paramount deal

• Attention Supreme Court | You need to see this story. Justice Alito was right, about everything
• Who remembers these videos from Biden regime
• Live updates: One pilot rescued, one still missing after U.S. fighter jet shot down over Iran, officials say
• Watching Moon rocket launch from your commercial flight
• Video | Bridge bombing as it happened
• Donkey hugs are pure joy

• Federal Reserve governor is ready to cut rates
• Trump | ‘I see a deal with Iran this week.’
• Trump says U.S. will destroy Iran’s oil wells, Kharg Island without deal to ‘immediately’ reopen Hormuz Strait
• Antifa breaks the gate at Portland ICE facility, then does nothing
• Police horse defeats Soros agitator
• Iran internet blackout passes 30 days

• Trump says Iran deal within reach, promises 'guaranteed peace' for Israel
• ‘That’s a crazy question. We don’t talk about military strategy to reporters.’
• President Trump postpones strikes on Iran power plant for five days — President claims ‘talks are underway with Iran.’
• Two pilots dead after plane collides with vehicle at LaGuardia Airport
• Iranians ‘weeks away’ from another uprising, Israeli security insider says
• Video: The Atlanta TSA line has now stretched to a stunning 153 minute-wait-time... AT 6AM IN THE MORNING!!!!

• U.S. sets 6 demands for Iran as White House team prepares possible peace talks
• Trump says he's sending federal immigration agents to airports on Monday amid DHS shutdown
• Dr. Oz explains Los Angeles hospice fraud
• Commies protest in the wrong state, promptly arrested
• WSJ | Iran wants ‘steep price’ to end the war.
• (Angry) Democrat voters plot IRS tax boycott
• Homeless nightmare in San Fran
• U.S. Treasury to start collecting on student loans

• Iran threatens ‘imminent’ strikes on major oil and gas facilities in Gulf neighbors after Israeli attack
• Israel strikes Iranian gas fields with U.S. approval
• Fetterman is backing Trump 100 percent
• Patriot missile defense deployed to Turkey
• Nick Shirley drops new california fraud video.
• Video | Iranian missile intercepted over Tel Aviv
• Live fire malfunction rains shrapnel on California highway

• Iran threatens family of women’s football captain seeking asylum
• FCC Chair Fires Warning Shot At Broadcasters Amid Barrage of Trump Administration Complaints About Iran Coverage
• Iran is powerless except for Hormuz
• President grants new interview with NBC News — We’re not sure supreme leader is ‘even alive.’
• Pennsylvania school bus driver resigns over Maga hat controversy
• PA bus driver told to take off MAGA hat leaves job: 'It's patriotic'
• Zuckerberg may fire 20% of Facebook workforce, equal to 15,000 employees

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