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In this Thursday, March 2, 2017, photo, Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for a photo in a Fox News Channel studio in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Army general retires with clean record after online Carlson spat

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service moves a cart of mail to his truck. (Associated Press)

Red letter day: The U.S. Postal Service poised to deliver ‘frank appraisal’ of its status

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union poses for a photo at their Washington headquarters, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The opening of Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around the country is being met with threats of protests and boycotts by the agency’s unions. The new outlets are staffed by Staples employees, not postal workers, and labor officials say that move replaces good-paying union jobs with low-wage, nonunion workers. &quot;It's a direct assault on our jobs and on public postal services,&quot; said Mark Dimondstein, president of the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Unions angered by Postal Service’s Staples outlets

By SAM HANANEL - Associated Press

Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union poses for a photo at their Washington headquarters, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The opening of Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around the country is being met with threats of protests and boycotts by the agency’s unions. The new outlets are staffed by Staples employees, not postal workers, and labor officials say that move replaces good-paying union jobs with low-wage, nonunion workers. &quot;It's a direct assault on our jobs and on public postal services,&quot; said Mark Dimondstein, president of the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Postal Service, union wrangle over Staples outlets

By SAM HANANEL - Associated Press

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe gestures as he speaks during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, in Washington. According to Donahoe, the Postal Service may need an emergency rate increase to stay afloat. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Postmaster: USPS is a ‘financial disaster’; emergency rate hike may be needed

By Andrew Miga - Associated Press

A letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service moves a cart of mail to his truck. (Associated Press)

U.S. Postal Service looks to alcohol delivery as revenue-raiser

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks Feb. 6, 2013, during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (Associated Press)

GOP bill orders U.S. Postal Service to keep Saturday delivery

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks Feb. 6, 2013, during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (Associated Press)

Postal chief pushes Congress to endorse Saturday mail cut

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

“With each day that passes without enacted postal reform further impacts the Postal Service’s already dire financial condition,” Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe tells congressional lawmakers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Postmaster asks for flexibility

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

**FILE** Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks Feb. 6, 2013, during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (Associated Press)

Postal Service hit with $1.3 billion loss

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

"We cannot put our head in the sand and say, 'Let's hope this problem goes away.' Hope is not a strategy," said U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. (Associated Press)

Postal chief expects fight on Saturday delivery halt

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

**FILE** A Postal Service letter carrier delivers mail in the snow in Berea, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Despite $15.9 billion loss, U.S. Postal Service execs see boost in pay

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

"To return to long-term profitability and financial stability while keeping mail affordable, we must match our network to the anticipated workload," Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said. Failure to do so would "create a fiscal hole." (Associated Press)

Postal Service to begin closing processing centers this summer

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe talks April 12, 2012, to Ingomar, Mont.-area residents about rural post office closures he says are needed as part of cost-cutting moves. (Associated Press)

Postal Service to keep rural post offices open

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

Postal cuts would slow delivery of first-class mail

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

**FILE** Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Postal Service reports $5.1B loss

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe, in an interview Thursday with The Washington Times, said of working for the U.S. Postal Service: “It's still, in my opinion, for a blue-collar job, if you're a letter carrier or a clerk, the best job in America.”
(J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

USPS far from dead letter, its chief says

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

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Postal Service to continue post-anthrax safeguards

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Postal Service on ‘the brink of default’

By Randolph E. Schmid - Associated Press

Illustration: US Postal Service

Postal Service pleads for help to stay afloat, make payroll

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times