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The United States Government Accountability Office has released a critical report about the U.S. Postal Service, bolstering the findings of a recent Raw Story investigation that details a dramatic spike in crime against letter carriers.

The Government Accountability Office found that “serious crime” — including homicides, assaults, burglaries and robberies — nearly doubled during a six-year span, from 656 in 2017 to 1,198 in 2023. Robberies alone grew nearly sevenfold between fiscal years 2019 through 2023, according to the report.

Raw Story found that letter carrier robberies skyrocketed by 543 percent between 2019 and 2022, coinciding with the timing of a 2020 Postal Service decision that effectively benched its uniformed police force of 450 officers. The decision resulted in the officers losing their mandate to patrol the streets where letter carriers deliver the mail and these robberies often occur. They’re now relegated to protecting postal facilities, such as mail sorting centers and post offices....

WASHINGTON – Rep. George Santos (R-NY) – pathological liar turned pay-to-play politician, if federal prosecutors are to be believed – has treated the nation’s capital as his political playpen since becoming a congressman in January. Playtime seems to be over though.

The credibly accused fraudster could be hitting the proverbial exits as soon as 8 a.m. Thursday, when he’s scheduled to conduct a press conference on the Capitol steps.

Some will cheer, but if anything, Santos’ departure is primarily leaving confusion, chaos and in-fighting in his wake. In this town, that means he’ll be missed, whether he resigns or whether his House colleagues formally boot him, which the House appears set to do Friday, with or without his assistance. Democrats love to hate him, as do some Republicans. Other GOPers simply love what he offers, despite his troubles. ...

WASHINGTON – Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) isn’t just proud of his faith. He believes his God sent him to Washington to legislate the Bible.

“I don’t believe there are any coincidences in a matter like this. I believe that scripture, the Bible, is very clear that God raises up those in authority,” Johnson told his House colleagues when he first addressed them from the speaker’s rostrum last week.

Johnson’s a Baptist. So is Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), who served as Democratic leader for eight years. But Hoyer says that’s about where the comparisons end....

WASHINGTON — Your wall calendar may read “2023”.

But in the nation’s capital, 2024 is already raging. Election season firmly on lawmakers’ minds. Making laws? Not so much.

So far this year, Congress has only passed 12 public laws, including approving a 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps commemorative coin and renaming the Veterans Affairs clinic in Indian River, Mich., the "Pfc. Justin T. Paton Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic." ...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he received a target letter from the Justice Department relating to the 2020 election overthrow attempt and Jan. 6 violence. Republicans responded online with profanity and hyperbole.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) claimed that the only reason that Trump has been given a target letter is that his poll numbers went up against President Joe Biden.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) told Raw Story the same thing, claiming that the move against Trump is purely political. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is likely to pass yet another in a series of stopgap spending bills on Tuesday to keep the government running, as both Republicans and Democrats try to move on to address longer-term fiscal problems.