Postal chief to explain delays
The House Oversight Committee invited the new postmaster general to appear at a hearing next month to examine operational changes to the U.S. Postal Service that are causing delays in mail deliveries across the country.
The plan imposed by Louis DeJoy, a Republican fundraiser who took over the top job at the Postal Service in June, eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and orders that mail be kept until the next day if postal distribution centers are running late.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat who chairs the oversight panel, said the Sept. 17 hearing will focus on “the need for on-time mail delivery during the ongoing pandemic and upcoming election,” which is expected to include a major expansion of mail-in ballots.
President Donald Trump has warned that allowing more people to vote by mail will result in a “CORRUPT ELECTION” that will “LEAD TO THE END OF OUR GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY,” even though there’s no evidence that will happen. Mr. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other top administration officials frequently vote absentee themselves.
Trump: U.S. should get money from TikTok sale
President Donald Trump suggested that the U.S. Treasury should collect a portion of a sale of the social media company TikTok on Monday, though it was unclear under what authority the White House could demand such a payment.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Mr. Trump reiterated that he wants TikTok to be forced to cease operations in the U.S. by about Sept. 15 if it is not sold to Microsoft or another U.S.based company. If such a sale goes through, the president said, part of the proceeds should be paid to U.S. taxpayers as compensation for operating in America.
“A very substantial portion of that price is going to have to come into the Treasury of the United States,” Mr. Trump said of the potential TikTok sale. “The United States should be reimbursed or paid because without the United States they don’t have anything.” The president added: “It’s a little bit like the landlord tenant. Without a lease, the tenant has nothing. So they pay what’s called key money or they pay something.”
U.S. Navy looks into Kaepernick K-9 video
The U.S. Navy is investigating an incident in which dogs attacked a “Colin Kaepernick stand-in” during a K9 demonstration during a 2019 fundraiser at the Navy SEAL Museum in Florida.
The Navy said in a statement posted on Twitter that officials became aware of the video Sunday.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback began kneeling during the playing of the national anthem before games to protest social injustice and police brutality; he played his final NFL game in January 2017. Mr. Kaepernick offered support to those protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers in May.
The videos show four dogs attacking a man, who is wearing a red Kaepernick football jersey over heavily padded gear as people stand nearby watching. In a second video, the man is laying on the ground when he’s approached by men wearing fatigues and holding rifles, saying, “On your belly.” The man replies, “Oh, man, I will stand,” as he rolls over, followed by laughing from the crowd.