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Manchin Says He’ll Vote for Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary Last Updated March 13, 2021, 7:06 a.m. ETMarch 13, 2021, 7:06 a.m. ET If confirmed, Ms. Haaland would be the first Native American to head a cabinet agency. President Biden’s administration is plunging into battles over his stimulus proposal and cabinet nominees this week. Here’s what you need to know: Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Interior Department, faced tough questions during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.Credit...Pool photo by Sarah Silbiger Senato...

On Wednesday, February 24, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing on options for reforming the US Postal Service to help ensure it delivers the services Americans rely on and need. The committee has invited the Postmaster General, Donald Trump’s appointee Louis DeJoy, and others to testify about the failures at the post office. Many lawmakers and concerned citizens have renewed calls to remove him from his post, which has no term limit. He could stay in that post for decades, like a Supreme Court justice, unless removed. Thirty-four Democratic Senators also wrote a...

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy apologized on Feb. 24 for the mail delays that Americans across the nation have ...

While Wednesday won’t be the first time DeJoy faces a tough crowd of Democrats on the Oversight and Reform Committee demanding answers about mail delivery delays, this time he faces the potential threat of a new administration laying the groundwork for his departure. In recent weeks, Democrats have been urging Biden to fill the three vacancies on the Postal Service's Board of Governors so that a new majority could vote to remove DeJoy from his position.  ADVERTISEMENT “I believe DeJoy has no business being postmaster general, and so I'd like to hear his plans for cleaning out his office ...

Democrats, incensed over Louis DeJoy’s alleged efforts to slow down Postal Service deliveries of mail-in ballots ahead of the 2020 election, are calling on Biden to make moves to remove him.