Empty mailboxes, missed rent: US Postal Service's struggles have real-world impacts

Empty mailboxes, uncounted ballots, late medication, missed rent payments – those are among the real-world impacts of the struggles of the U.S. Postal Service. Many of those issues, documented this summer across the USA TODAY Network, predate the feverish debate about whether mail is delayed by the Postal Service's efforts to cut overtime, remove mail processing equipment and even move blue collection boxes. Top Democrats allege the Trump administration is kneecapping the Postal Service to