A former CEO of the nation’s largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors will take over control of the U.S. Postal Service. The chair of the service’s Board of Governors announced Friday that David Steiner will become the nation’s 76th postmaster general, pending his successful completion of ethics and security clearance processes. Steiner was CEO of Waste Management Inc. The announcement comes as President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have floated the idea of privatizing the nearly 250-year-old postal service. Postal unions have protested over potential privatization, job cuts and possibly ending the USPS’ universal service obligation.
(Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)