Postmaster Warns of 'End of Postal Service as We Know It' [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Published Mar 16, 2026 at 04:30 PM EDT updated Mar 16, 2026 at 05:33 PM EDT


The head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is expected to tell Congress on Tuesday that the agency needs to increase its borrowing capacity or face "the end of the Postal Service ​as we know it now."

"In order to ensure our survival beyond next year, we need ⁠to increase our borrowing capacity so that we don't run out of cash," Postmaster General David Steiner's written testimony ​obtained by Reuters said. "The failure to do this could lead to the end of the Postal Service ​as we know it now."

USPS, which delivers to more than 170 million U.S. addresses ​six days a week, has a borrowing cap of $15 billion and has already hit ​that limit. The agency has reported net losses of $118 billion since 2007. Its most profitable product, first-class mail, has ⁠fallen to its lowest volume since the late 1960s.

Steiner told Reuters in December that the agency has a "precarious cash position," adding that at current spending rates, "we're basically out of cash in early 2027."

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