Democrats are launching an emergency effort to thwart what they warn is President Trump's attempt to squeeze the US Postal Service -- one of the country's most beloved institutions -- to suppress the vote in November's election | Analysis by StCollinson
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on the House to return to Washington, likely next weekend, for an unheard of session during presidential convention season.Democrats have also demanded that new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testify on August 24 to answer charges that his controversial new policy changes are intended to deliberately slow voting by mail.
Fact check: Trump's favorite mail-in voting fraud claims 03:35The concession came after the USPS warned almost all 50 states and Washington, DC, that mail-in ballots may not be received by election offices in time to be counted.Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the runner-up to Biden in the Democratic primary race, warned on"State of the Union" that more than the integrity of the Postal Service was at stake.
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