Trump Says He’s Considering Merging Postal Service Into Commerce

President Donald Trump said he is weighing a move that would absorb the US Postal Service, an independent agency, into the Department of Commerce, a sweeping change that comes as his administration looks to overhaul the US federal government.

Asked about a move to shift the agency into the Commerce Department, Trump said the idea he is considering “will be a form of a merger, but it will remain the Postal Service, and I think it will operate a lot better than it has been over the years,” in remarks from the White House on Friday.

“It’s been ...