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Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry, lawsuits

by Associated Press
| August 19, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, President Donald Trump's new postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics blamed for widespread delays and warned could disrupt the November election.

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