Biden nominates three to USPS board of governors as DeJoy testifies on mail crises

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy listens during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg News)

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February 24, 2021 at 6:40 p.m. EST

The White House moved toward reasserting control of the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday even as its Republican postmaster general defiantly told Congress he would press forward with plans to raise prices and slow the mail, brushing off calls for him to resign.

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