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USPS chief Louis DeJoy resigns as Trump eyes overhauling mail agency
The postmaster general had said in February that he would stay on until a successor was chosen.
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March 24, 2025 at 6:34 p.m. EDT44 minutes ago
By Jacob Bogage
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will resign at the end of the day Monday, concluding a five-year tenure that began at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, stretched through elections conducted predominantly by mail for the first time in the nations history, and ended amid pressure from President Donald Trumps administration to assert political control over the postal system.
Recent tension between DeJoy and the Trump administration over the work of the U.S. DOGE Service contributed to the White Houses antipathy toward the mail chief, who was hired during Trumps first term by a postal board dominated by Trump appointees.
When DOGE officials arrived at postal headquarters, DeJoy refused to give them broad access to agency systems, according to four people familiar with the interactions, something the group has grown accustomed to elsewhere in government.