WATCH LIVE: House USPS Hearings

WEKU | By wendy barnett

Published August 23, 2020 at 10:38 AM EDT

A House committee will grill Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over whether there is any political motivation behind recent service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service right as the agency expects to handle tens of millions of mail in ballots this fall. Watch Live Mon., Aug. 24th at 10:00 a.m. below.

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