The question of what has been going on at the U.S. Postal Service has been a subject of increasing concern as the election draws nearer and as Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s leadership remains mired in controversy.

American Oversight obtained nearly 10,000 pages of records with new details about the U.S. Postal Service’s struggles during the early months of the pandemic.

As thousands of their workers were getting sick — and as companies shipped record amounts of meat overseas — meat industry executives were pleading with the USDA and even the CDC for help.

See the latest in our investigations into the postmaster general’s calendars, the administration’s alarmist claims about voter fraud, and the decision to put a Trump-signed letter in food aid boxes.

We’ve known for months that President Donald Trump has been downplaying the severity of the coronavirus. In the spring, we knew that Covid-19 wasn’t just like the seasonal flu, despite Trump’s reassurances that it was. And we’ve known that the pandemic won’t just “disappear,” no matter how many times the president insists it will.

Reports from Good Jobs First and Congress highlight the importance of rigorous oversight of coronavirus relief programs.

See the latest in our investigations into the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Pompeo’s unprecedented convention appearance, the cost of Chad Wolf’s July trip to Portland, and more.

FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking records sufficient to identify the cost of including letters signed by President Trump in boxes if food distributed by the Farmers to Families Food Box program.

FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking policy directives to contractors regarding the inclusion of letters signed by President Trump in food boxes distributed by the Farmers to Families Food Box program.

FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking communications between top agency officials and White House advisers, including Ivanka Trump, regarding the Farmers to Food Box Program.