US | US Postal Service USPS Won't Cut Saturday Mail After All Post Office says Congress left it no choice By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 10, 2013 10:52 AM CDT Copied A USPS mail carrier turns down the flag on a mailbox in this file photo. (David Goldman) The US Postal Service says it will delay plans to cut Saturday mail delivery because Congress isn't allowing the change. As expected, Congress "has left [USPS] with no choice but to delay implementation" of the five-day-a-week plan, the agency's Board of Governors said in a statement today. The Postal Service said in February that it planned to cut back in August to five-day-a-week deliveries for everything except packages, as a way to hold down losses. But Congress has since passed a spending bill that continues the long-time prohibition against reducing delivery days. Read These Next Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Government shutdown is here. Here's what to expect. Colorado wants to give 'peace of mind' on Hunter S. Thompson. President asks nation's top generals to loosen up. Get breaking news in your inbox. What you need to know, as soon as we know it. Sign up Report an error