Between a new Postmaster General-elect and threats of privatization from the White House, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been under high scrutiny this year. The future of the 250-year-old agency is uncertain, especially as private carriers like FedEx and UPS pick up the slack. But one thing is for certain: The push for privatization has put the USPS’s relationship with Amazon in jeopardy—and Prime members will have to pay for it, literally.

In Dec. 2024, President Donald Trump said privatizing the USPS is “not the worst idea I’ve ever heard” during a Trump Administration agenda briefing. The USPS has been recognized as an independent agency with a bipartisan Board of Governors since its conception in 1775. However, Trump has teased the idea of a merger between the USPS and the Commerc

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