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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
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U.S. Postal Service Announces Holiday, Elie Wiesel Stamps
Dates and locations for releases through September are also revealed WASHINGTON, June 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service today announced its latest set of stamps celebrating the holiday season as well as a new issue honoring humanitarian Elie Wiesel. These designs are preliminary and subject to change. Holiday Cheer Four new designs in this booklet of 20 stamps usher in the holiday season: a trio of amaryllis flowers, a holly wreath, an evergreen branch decorated with fruit, and cardinals perched on mistletoe. The images were created using a collage technique with gouache and acrylic paint on background paper from a vintage gardening book. The shapes for each image were then cut out and pasted onto an archival cotton board. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps with original artwork by Denise Fiedler. Elie Wiesel The 18th stamp in the Distinguished Americans series honors humanitarian Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), a survivor of Nazi concentration camps whose dozens of works bore witness to the Holocaust and whose resilience and compassion continue to be a source of inspiration. This stamp for 2-ounce mail features a 1999 black-and-white photograph of Wiesel by Sergey Bermeniev. Ethel Kessler, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp. Dates and locations: The Postal Service today also announced stamp release dates and locations for all announced stamps through the end of the year: Stamps Release Date City State ZIP Putting a Stamp on the American Experience July 23 Washington DC 20066 250 Years of Delivering July 23 Washington DC 20066 "SpongeBob SquarePants" Aug. 1 New York NY 10199 Boston 2026 World Stamp Show Aug. 14 Schaumburg IL 60194 Luna Moth (nonmachinable surcharge) Aug. 16 Schaumburg IL 60194 William F. Buckley Jr. Sept. 9 New Haven CT 06511 Holiday Cheer Sept. 13 Washington DC 20066 Elie Wiesel Sept. 17 New York NY 10199 Winter Landscapes Sept. 19 Danville IN 46122 Details on first-day-of-issue cities/ceremony locations for other 2025 stamps will be released throughout the year. Dates and locations are subject to change. Postal Products Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through The Postal Store at by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at select Post Office locations nationwide. For officially licensed stamp products, shop the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon. The stories behind the stamps and more are available at Please Note: The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to nearly 169 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan, Delivering for America, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America's most valued and trusted brands. The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. For USPS media resources, including broadcast-quality video and audio and photo stills, visit the USPS Newsroom. Follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter; Instagram; Pinterest; Threads; and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the USPS YouTube Channel and like us on Facebook. For more information about the Postal Service, visit and Contact: James McKean View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE U.S. Postal Service Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Parliamentarian rules against Senate effort to force Postal Service to sell off EVs
The Senate parliamentarian says Republicans cannot include a measure that would force the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) used by the U.S. Postal Service in their 'big, beautiful bill.' The sweeping GOP budget and policy bill included a provision that would have required the General Services Administration, which handles the equipment used by government agencies, to sell all electric vehicles owned by the Postal Service. But Democrats announced on Sunday that the parliamentarian, a nonpartisan arbiter of the upper chamber's rules, found that this provision did not pass muster. 'There is no better way to define this Big Beautiful Betrayal of a bill than families lose, and billionaires win,' Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said in a written statement alongside the announcement. 'The Byrd Rule is enshrined in law for a reason, and Democrats are making sure it is enforced.' The Republican bill seeking to advance much of President Trump's agenda is going through a special process known as budget reconciliation that allows it to avoid the Senate's typical 60-vote threshold and pass with a simple majority — avoiding the need for any Democratic votes in the process. However, to qualify for reconciliation, the policies that are included in the bill need to comply with the Byrd Rule, which prevents 'extraneous' measures from being included in this type of legislation. 'This is part of the back and forth, and not a big deal,' said a written statement from a spokesperson for Sen Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. 'If we won everything on the first round, that means we weren't being aggressive enough. We have contingency plans and will continue to pursue reforms that put the taxpayer first,' the spokesperson said. While the parliamentarian ruled against this provision, a policy that would rescind funds passed by Democrats for the purchase of additional EVs and chargers by the Postal Service is allowed to remain in the bill. —Updated at 3:11 p.m. EDT Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
GOP "big, beautiful bill" would force USPS to sell its new EV mail trucks
Last September, the U.S. Postal Service debuted its long-awaited — and much litigated — electric vehicle mail delivery truck. Since then, more than 7,200 new zero-emissions vehicles have been distributed to the Postal Service. But a provision tucked inside the Senate Republican bill to enact President Trump's second-term agenda would force the USPS to sell off the brand new trucks and cancel or significantly amend the contract for the remaining 58,800 that are due to be delivered over the next 10 years. According to the text of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs portion of the bill released by Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul, chair of the committee, all electric vehicles and related infrastructure owned by the Postal Service will be sold and the proceeds will "be deposited into the general fund of the treasury." Selling the EVs would "cut unnecessary costs and focus USPS on delivering mail and not achieving the environmental initiatives pushed by the Biden Administration," according to the bill. Paul's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Peter Pastre, the vice president of government relations and public policy for USPS, wrote a letter to the Senate in June that said the provision to sell the EVs would "make major and damaging changes to the U.S. Postal Service's vehicle fleet program, potentially impacting our ability to deliver to millions of Americans." The bill is being considered under budget reconciliation rules, which means that Republicans can pass it with a simple majority, instead of meeting the 60-vote threshold that is required to consider most Senate legislation. In order to use this approach, every item in the bill must have a budgetary impact, and the Senate parliamentarian determines whether each provision meets that standard, known as the Byrd Rule. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough found that disposing of the USPS EVs is one of several of the bill's provisions violating the Byrd Rule, according to Senate Democrats. Republicans, who would like to revoke the EVs and their related infrastructure, say this provision could potentially raise money by rescinding $1 billion allocated in the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act to purchase the vehicles. But according to Pastre, it would cost more than $450 million to replace the 7,200 revoked vehicles, and the USPS has already spent more than $540 million on electrical upgrades for infrastructure to support the cars. Because the majority of the vehicles are specially designed for the Postal Service — like right-side driving for mail delivery trucks — and most of the electrical infrastructure is buried under ground, the potential for raising money at auction is "negligible," according to Pastre. Pastre was direct about the harm this action would cause the Postal Service saying, "it will seriously cripple our ability to replace an aging and obsolete delivery fleet." "The Postal Service has over 200,000 vehicles in an outdated and aging fleet. Using EVs will reduce fuel and maintenance costs and help the USPS to better serve the public," Mark Dimondstein, president of American Postal Workers Union, said in an email to CBS News. "Eliminating energy-efficient vehicles would be a step backward and not be in the best interest of those we serve and the communities where we live." Since 2015, the USPS has been looking to update and modernize its fleet of more than 200,000 vehicles. The majority of the trucks were 25 years old or more, often lacked proper heating and cooling and in some cases, would spontaneously combust in neighborhoods as workers operated the aging vehicles. When the Postal Service first announced its proposal in 2021 to replace 165,000 vehicles, it originally intended to purchase traditional gas vehicles to replace 90% of the fleet. But the gas-powered mail trucks had low fuel efficiency, guzzling fuel at under a 9-m.p.g. rate, according to filings by several environmental organizations and more than a dozen states that sued to block the plan. "It's important that EVs be part of the mix for the USPS because it should represent the next generation," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Transport Campaign at the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the organizations that sued the USPS in 2021. "The last generation of vehicles are literally dying on its wheels." The legal action forced the USPS to reconsider its plan, and it finalized a deal in late 2022 to purchase 106,000 new cars — and 66,000 were to be zero-emissions vehicles. It also planned to install more than 14,000 chargers to keep the fleet running. The cost to update the fleet totaled $9.6 billion, and the Biden administration allocated $3 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to help cover the costs, with the rest financed by the Postal Service. "My bet is this will survive another day," said Becker, given that the parliamentarian has ruled it should be stricken and it would be difficult to get 60 votes in the Senate to keep it in the bill. But Congress recently voted to revoke California's EPA waivers to enact its EV mandate under the Congressional Review Act, which the parliamentarian said was illegal. It remains to be seen if Republicans will follow her recommendations. "Selling them off at a discount just so you don't have to say you don't have EVs for political reasons makes no sense," said Becker. Israel-Iran ceasefire in precarious position, Trump claims Biden let Iran sleeper cells into U.S. How prepared are American forces for attacks from Iran? Sen. 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The Drive
6 days ago
- Automotive
- The Drive
Senate Supermajority Required to Scrap USPS Electrification Plans
The latest car news, reviews, and features. Congress and the administration have hit yet another speed bump in their attempt to overturn the Postal Service's electrification mandate. Congress cannot toss out the EV mandate with a simple majority vote in the Senate, the body's procedural supervisor said Sunday, which will likely result in the issue being pushed in separate legislation, rather than as part of the tax and spending bill currently being evaluated by Congress. Thanks to a provision in the original legislation, Senate Republicans will have to find support for a 60-vote supermajority in order to overturn the mandate—a tall order in a chamber where they hold only a slim majority. And the kicker? Nobody's asking for this—at least nobody at the Postal Service itself, which has warned lawmakers that reversing the process now will only waste taxpayer money. Replacing existing EVs would cost the service approximately $1 billion—nearly half of that for vehicles already delivered, plus the cost of contracts for vehicles that have not yet been delivered. Mothballing the charging system that was just installed would mean writing off $500 million in recent investment. On top of all that, an about-face would set USPS back significantly in its ongoing effort to replace its ancient fleet of delivery vehicles, which the service has been trying to do since the first Trump administration. The original bill included provisions for adding more than 160,000 new delivery vans. Only 10% of the new vehicles added to the USPS fleet would have been electric under the original terms of the legislation. The Biden administration asked Congress to aim for a higher EV share after being elected in 2020. A new formula increased the minimum order of electric vans to 45,000 (a 300% increase) and baked in an order for nearly 10,000 electric Ford E-Transit vans on top of that allocation. As a result, vehicles being added to the USPS fleet in 2025 are split almost evenly between EV and ICE; from 2026 on, they would be exclusively electric. The revised replacement schedule would see the entire $10 billion plan completed by 2028. Got a tip? Send it our way at tips@ .article-sidebar]:pt-0>
Business Wire
19-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
United States Postal Service Recognizes Zebra Technologies with Supplier Performance Award
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in digitizing and automating frontline workflows, today announced the United States Postal Service (USPS) presented the company with a Supplier Performance Award for being critical to the success of Postal Service operations and services. 'Zebra is honored to be recognized by the USPS for our innovative solutions that connect their frontline workers, both out on routes and across their sorting and delivery centers across the country,' said Chris Kelly, SVP and GM, NA, Zebra Technologies. Share The award presented at the 2025 National Postal Forum (NPF) recognized Zebra for its support of a new USPS custodial initiative called 'Eagle Clean,' which is focused on the modernization of scheduling, tracking, approving, and reviewing custodial work. USPS frontline workers now have access to the Eagle Clean mobile application through Zebra TC77 touch computers at each facility, allowing them to enter their time clock rings and receive their routine, periodic, and supplemental work assignments at each facility. Zebra is one of the leading providers of technology solutions empowering postal and courier operators around the world with innovative solutions to digitize and automate their operations and address the evolving needs of their customers. During the formal NPF Awards Ceremony, the USPS noted Zebra plays an instrumental role in supporting the technological needs for Sorting and Delivery Center activations and provides excellent customer support for the Eagle Clean initiative, ensuring on-time implementation and delivery to all 50 districts nationwide. Zebra worked collaboratively with numerous groups across the Postal Service to ensure the timely and seamless delivery of equipment and the ongoing maintenance of its devices. Today, Zebra's TC77 devices provide the USPS with critical near real-time data, including safety alerts for frontline supervisors and carriers. 'Zebra is honored to be recognized by the USPS for our innovative solutions that connect their frontline workers, both out on routes and across their sorting and delivery centers across the country,' said Chris Kelly, Senior Vice President and General Manager, North America, Zebra Technologies. 'The USPS' award highlights Zebra's role as a trusted supplier to leading postal and courier operators across the world as they respond to the challenges of today and adapt to the changing needs of their customers tomorrow.' The Postal Service's Supplier Performance Awards program celebrates the efforts of suppliers involved in its supply chain management who make outstanding contributions to its success. Zebra is a long-standing supplier to the USPS and was also recognized in 2022 with a Supplier Performance Award for outstanding service and delivery. KEY TAKEAWAYS Zebra received a 2025 USPS Supplier Performance Award for its contributions to the success of Postal Service operations and services. In 2024, Zebra supported a new USPS initiative called 'Eagle Clean,' which modernized scheduling, tracking, approving, and reviewing custodial work with the Zebra TC77 touch computer. Zebra is committed to continuing to deliver innovative solutions for the USPS, empowering its frontline workers to drive efficiency, meet the evolving needs of the American public, and help ensure sustainable growth for the future. ABOUT ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES Zebra (NASDAQ: ZBRA) provides the solutions to help businesses grow through increased asset visibility, connected frontline workers, and intelligent automation. The company operates in more than 100 countries, and our customers include over 80% of the Fortune 500. Designed for the frontline, Zebra's award-winning portfolio includes hardware, software, and services, all backed by our 50+ years of innovation and global partner ecosystem. Follow Zebra on our blog and LinkedIn, visit our newsroom and learn more at
