Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general, the postal service predates the United States itself.

The agency's semiquincentennial will be marked by an event at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, two and a half centuries since its founding. Two newly ...

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of ...

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily -- undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of ...

Amid financial problems and workforce reductions, the U.S. Postal Service is celebrating 250 years of history.

How the US Postal Service shaped a nation. The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — ...

It has grown from serving the 13 colonies to reaching nearly 169 million addresses and employing more than 635,000 people.

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of ...

On 149th Street and Grand Concourse, not far from the Bronx Economic Development Corporation’s office in the Courthouse, sits ...

The U.S. Postal Service is turning 250. Saturday’s anniversary comes as the agency faces financial challenges.

Victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal have said the compensation process is "cruel", "never-ending" and designed to make them want to give up. Former sub-postmasters told the BBC they are ...