Postal Service’s $10 billion electric vehicle overhaul escapes DOGE-era scrutiny amid delays and financial warnings

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As the Trump administration and Vice President JD Vance intensify efforts to crack down on wasteful federal spending, one of the federal government’s largest green-energy projects has largely escaped serious scrutiny: the U.S. Postal Service’s nearly $10 billion electric vehicle modernization effort.

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