The U.S. president earns a base salary of $400,000 a year, and the postmaster general gets a base salary of $303,460. (The chief justice of the supreme court gets $317,500.) That means the current ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) could be raising its current rates in a couple weeks. By July 13, several USPS price changes will occur, including a 5-cent increase for a First-Class Mail ...

In 1809, the numbers were 2,300 and 36,000, according to Winnifred Gallagher in How the Post Office Created America: A History. As the post grew, so did opportunities for patronage.

By SARAH LIM Special to the Times The United States postal system was organized to facilitate communication among the 13 ...