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Fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times stronger than heroin, and its variations were responsible for nearly 60 percent of all overdose deaths in 2016. Fentanyl's deadly potency, cheap cost, and widespread availability have made it the new scourge of the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Rob Portman: Closing the loophole that lets drug traffickers exploit the Postal Service

Rob Portman · February 16, 2018 5:01 am

Postal Service berated by Trump posts $540 million quarterly loss

James Langford · February 9, 2018 5:02 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the federal courthouse on Grant Street on Jan. 29 in Downtown, Pittsburgh. During his visit, Sessions announced the development of J-CODE, which stands for the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement team, a new approach to combating "dark web" opioid and drug networks. (Justin Merriman for the Washington Examiner)

Jeff Sessions: FBI needs ‘to have a fresh start’

Salena Zito · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

"If we have an attitude that this doesn't matter, then we are going to continue to get this poison coming through our mail system," said Sen. Rob Portman, chairman of a subcommittee that found it is easy to buy fentanyl over the Internet. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senators criticize lack of ‘urgency’ in keeping opioids out of US

Robert King · January 25, 2018 5:29 pm

Decrying "cronyism" at the U.S. Postal Service when it delivers parcels at a surprisingly low price is bogus. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Cronyism charges jump the shark

Kevin R. Kosar · January 15, 2018 3:07 pm

Despite the United States Postal Service's prominent place in American life, and its $15 billion in outstanding debt, politicians rarely talk about how to improve the Postal Service, let alone actually reform it. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Beltway Confidential

End the Post Office’s monopoly and special privileges

Laura Nicolae · December 30, 2017 7:25 pm

Amazon teamed up with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages in 2013. President Trump said Friday that the USPS is undercharging online retailers, such as Amazon, to deliver packages. He said it is "making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!" (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Trump: US Postal Service should be charging Amazon ‘much more’

Mandy Mayfield · December 29, 2017 2:03 pm

In the last three years, USPS losses on inbound international mail have come to more than $315 million. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Competing internationally means fixing our mismanaged Postal Service

George Landrith · November 30, 2017 5:01 am

The top senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee asked for responses from the State Department, the Postal Service, and the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senators ask for details on opioid shipments through the mail

Kimberly Leonard · November 22, 2017 4:54 pm

If we want to effectively end this public health emergency, we must invest in first responders. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Energy and Environment

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Joana Suleiman · September 25, 2017 4:02 am

In many places, Amazon locates a depot near a post office, presorts the packages, and delivers them to the post office. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

For every Amazon package it delivers, the Postal Service loses $1.46

Brian McNicoll · September 1, 2017 4:01 am

Rep. Trey Gowdy and Sen. Ron Johnson are digging deeper into the leave policies of various federal departments in the wake of recent reports that the U.S. Post Office violated the Hatch Act when their employees took official leave to campaign for Hillary Clinton in 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trey Gowdy and Ron Johnson dig deeper on union leave policies after USPS Hatch Act scandal

Todd Shepherd · August 22, 2017 3:04 pm