U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The U.S. Postal Service will keep some Montana mail processing in Missoula after previously intending to relocate regional operations to Spokane, Washington.

Changes are coming to the U.S. Postal Service. It was announced earlier this week that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will be stepping down from his post as leader of the U.S. Postal Service. Then the Washington Post reported Thursday that President Donald Trump is expected to fire the entire USPS Board of Governors and move the USPS to the purview of the Commerce Department.

According to The Washington Post's Jacob Bogage, the bipartisan, eight-person USPS board of governors intends to challenge Trump in court.

Postal workers and labor movement allies gathered in Washington, D.C., on Monday to protest President Donald Trump’s reported plan to seize control of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The proposal, which would absorb the independent agency into the Commerce Department,

President Donald Trump intends to dismiss the board of directors of the U.S. Postal Service and take more direct control of the agency, according to reporting from The Washington Post.

The Washington Post first reported late Thursday, citing numerous anonymous sources, that President Donald Trump planned to disband the Postal Regulatory Commission and place the agency under direct control of the Commerce Department and Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Should President Trump attempt to take control of the U.S. Postal Service, he would be breaking the law, which wouldn’t bother him. Per reporting in the Washington Post, Trump is considering

Experts say the move would likely violate the law. Trump said Friday that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would be “looking at” the mail agency.

A union representing postal service workers said it opposes efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to abolish the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and pri

Trump has made several changes to the federal bureaucracy via executive order, but this reported change to the USPS would likely be met with legal challenges.

President Donald Trump has signalled that he’s planning big changes for the national mail service, potentially cutting independence after 50 years.