Amazon deflects blame as USPS teeters on financial cliff

Amazon says it didn’t want to cut shipments with the USPS and that negotiations stalled after the USPS walked away from a contract, even as a Wall Street Journal report indicates plans to slash USPS-delivered packages by at least two-thirds by fall; the USPS warns it is running out of money and needs Congress to boost borrowing authority and postage prices, while it tests a new last-mile bidding process—though rural deliveries would still rely on discounted USPS service.