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Biden expected to diversify USPS board, cement Democrats' oversight with appointments

Biden expected to diversify USPS board, cement Democrats' oversight with appointments

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and President Joe Biden is expected to fill three of the remaining seats on the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors, positions that have immediate oversight of the postmaster general and the federal agency that delivers the country's mail.Biden intends to appoint Ron Stroman, Anton Hajjar and Amber McReynolds to the three seats that remain open and cement Democratic oversight of the agency, according to two sources familiar with the president's thinking. The selections would come after...

February 24, 2021
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Postmaster general's new plan could include slower mail and postage hike

Postmaster general's new plan could include slower mail and postage hike

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy , and U.S. Postmaster General is set to implement a new strategic plan that includes higher postage rates and the elimination of first-class tier of mail, two sources familiar with the move told to NBC News on Friday.The plan to eliminate first-class mail, which includes letters, magazines, catalogs, among others, would slow down mail that typically arrives within two days and make it more costly to deliver for both consumers and businesses.The Washington Post The paper reported that all...

February 13, 2021
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Tribes slam GOP lawmaker for trying to derail Haaland nomination

Tribes slam GOP lawmaker for trying to derail Haaland nomination

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and WASHINGTON — A group of Native American tribes is rushing to the defense of Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., President-elect Joe Biden’s , and blasting a Republican lawmaker’s campaign to derail Haaland’s as a slap in the face to his constituents.Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., who sits on the House’s subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples, has been asking fellow lawmakers to join him in urging Biden’s transition team to withdraw Haaland’s nomination. In a draft of a letter obtained by NBC News,...

January 18, 2021
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Biden picks Rohit Chopra to lead consumer protection agency

Biden picks Rohit Chopra to lead consumer protection agency

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Rohit Chopra to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, two sources said.Chopra, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, helped launch the agency in 2011 and previously served as its assistant director.He is an ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who proposed and built the consumer-focused agency. He is also backed by progressive groups. Chopra's selection.Among those who applauded the move Sunday , leader...

January 18, 2021
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Trump administration officially authorizes Biden transition

Trump administration officially authorizes Biden transition

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy , , and , the head of the General Services Administration informed President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that the official governmental transition process has been approved.GSA Administrator Emily Murphy said in a letter that Biden, whom she referred to as "the apparent president-elect," is now able to get access to millions of dollars in federal funds and other resources . In her letter, Murphy also denied that she had been under pressure from the White House to delay the process."I have...

November 24, 2020
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Trump vows to choose a woman to fill Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat

Trump vows to choose a woman to fill Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy , and WASHINGTON — At a campaign rally Saturday in North Carolina, President Donald Trump left no doubt about the gender of his forthcoming choice for the Supreme Court: "It will be a woman."Supporters in Fayetteville chanted, "Fill that seat." Trump said he did not have a nominee yet but would make his choice "next week.""We have numerous women on the list," Trump said.Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appellate court judge, has emerged as one of the front-runners to fill the seat left vacant...

September 19, 2020
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