{"id":16680,"date":"2026-07-12T14:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16680"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:01:37","slug":"us-postal-service-raises-stamp-price-to-82-cents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16680","title":{"rendered":"US Postal Service raises stamp price to 82 cents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-8.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A person enters a United States Postal Service (USPS) Post Office in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS\/Andrew Kelly\u00a9\u00a0Thomson Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) &#8211; The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will raise the price of stamps for mailing a first-class letter to \u200c82 cents from 78 cents, effective Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 USPS, which has warned it could run out of cash early next year, announced in April it would raise mailing costs by 4.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner told Congress last month the agency, which has had net losses of about $120 billion since 2007, has a broken \u200bbusiness model and needs help from lawmakers to turn around \u200cits operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The volume of first-class mail, its most profitable product, has dropped to 1960s levels as communication has largely gone digital. 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