CINCINNATI – 9/8/26 – A federal grand jury has indicted Wendell Terrence Swan, 56, of Cincinnati, charging him with assaulting a federal employee. According to the indictment, on Aug. 5, Swan intentionally assaulted a United States Postal Service mail carrier while the victim was engaged in his official duties. Swan allegedly struck the mail carrier […]
ST. LOUIS – 9/8/26 – A St. Louis mail carrier has been accused of dumping at least 30,000 pieces of mail in vacant lots since 2024. Armond Paige, 54, was indicted on September 2 in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on one count of delay or destruction of mail by a postal employee. The […]
Office of Inspector General – 9/4/26 Background The U.S. Postal Service handles the processing, transportation, and delivery of Election and Political Mail across the country. It is committed to fulfilling its role in the electoral process when policymakers and voters choose to use the mail as part of their election systems or as their means […]
Best driver competition is part of national postal logistics symposium NORMAN, OK — 9/8/26 – Next week, the U.S. Postal Service will hold its annual logistics symposium in Norman, OK, in conjunction with the 2026 National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Postal Service tractor-trailer operators, motor vehicle operators, and more than 300 logistics managers from across […]
The purpose of the tour was to shed light on several postal issues that have been plaguing the region Representatives Budzinski and Sessions joined Bell for the tour, which was led by Postmaster General Steiner Congressman Bell has been outspoken about postal issues in the St. Louis region and recently introduced the St. Louis Postal Accountability […]
From The Heartland Institute in 2024 Before the 2020 presidential election, mail-in voting played a relatively minor role in U.S. elections. But, that changed after dozens of state officials used the pandemic to circumvent state legislatures and pass rules that allowed them to send tens of millions of absentee ballots based on outdated and inaccurate voter registration rolls. Despite […]
CLEVELAND – 9/3/26 – Today, a federal jury convicted a father and son for their roles in the pre-meditated murder of an on-duty United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier in March of 2024. After a nearly two-week-long trial in front of U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent, Kaprise Sledge, 24, of Warren, and Thomas […]
Preliminary injunction bars USPS from enforcing a rule that would have made voter disenfranchisement “practically inevitable” 9/4/26 – A federal District Court today issued a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing key parts of a rule that would have operationalized President Trump’s March 31 executive order restricting mail voting. Under the rule, […]
WASHINGTON — 9/4/26 – There has been a lot of misinformation and speculation about the Postal Service’s role in issuing a rule consistent with the policies set forth in Executive Order 14399, which concerns ballot mail for federal elections. We would like to set the record straight as to what the USPS is actually doing […]
Thursday, September 03, 2026 WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement on Postmaster David Steiner’s anticipated Friday visit to St. Louis. The photo-op by the Postmaster comes after months of failure to provide acceptable answers regarding his bonus payments and poor mail service in the state. “Missourians have suffered poor mail service […]