Trio Allegedly Used Makeshift “Fishing” Device to Steal More Than 6,750 Checks (SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – 7/7/26 – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Nicholas Delvillar, 32, of the Bronx, Franklin Mercedes, 27, of the Bronx, and Jhosua Peralta, 24, of Queens, were arrested for Grand Larceny for allegedly stealing checks […]
USPS 7/8/26 – A former mail handler in Florida was recently sentenced to six years’ supervised release for workers’ compensation fraud. The employee reported sustaining a shoulder strain while on the job in 2024, and his doctor deemed him disabled and unable to return to work. The Labor Department began issuing him tax-free monthly payments […]
WASHINGTON — 6/30/26 – Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) launched an investigation into the ongoing mail service failures plaguing Missouri, alongside potential criminal activity in abandoned mail and the alarming distribution of lavish bonuses to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) executives. The investigation follows Senator Hawley’s questions to Postmaster General David Steiner in a Senate Homeland […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today proposed sweeping reforms to modernize how agencies address poor performance, streamline disciplinary and removal procedures, and strengthen accountability across the federal workforce. The proposed rule would require agencies to better equip supervisors with training on employee accountability while making it easier to address employee performance […]
6/30/26 – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced today that Tameka Babulal, a/k/a “Tameka Williams,” a/k/a “Sharniece Williams,” a/k/a “Meek Williams,” a former United States Postal Service (“USPS”) mail carrier assigned to Mount Vernon, New York, was sentenced to 39 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Cathy […]
For Immediate Release: July 6, 2026 (Montgomery, Ala) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a comment letter last week on behalf of 13 states in support of the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed rule strengthening mailing standards for the transmission of mail-in ballots for federal elections. As argued in the letter, states have full constitutional […]
Dear Doug & Mike, 7/5/26 – I am writing in regard to our negotiations for a successor to the 2022- 2025 National Agreement. The parties have been engaged in negotiations for nearly a year. While we have made progress in many areas, we have not been able to reach an agreement on the terms of […]
New stamp honors the bold beginnings of the United States of America PHILADELPHIA — 7/4/26 – As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its birth, the U.S. Postal Service pays tribute to the document that put America’s founding ideals in writing with the release of the Declaration of Independence Forever stamp. A dedication […]
WASHINGTON, DC – 7/1/26 – Today, the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the “Last Day of Paper,” officially ending paper retirement processing for more than 95 percent of federal retirement applications and completing the agency’s transition to a fully digital retirement process. For decades, federal retirement applications relied on a paper-based process that required […]
CHICAGO, IL – 6/30/26 – After a joint investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Chicago Police Department, Veronica Cavallari, 30, of Chicago, IL, pleaded guilty on June 18, 2026, to two counts of felony burglary in Cook County Criminal Court and was subsequently sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department […]