Louis DeJoy said Monday he will resign from leading the U.S. Postal Service. Photo: Jim Watson-Pool/Getty Images

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is stepping down from his job effective immediately — days after asking DOGE for help cutting costs.

Why it matters: The Postal Service has been the focus of intense scrutiny with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Members of the Trump administration have publicly contemplated privatizing or overhauling the service.

Driving the news: DeJoy said he was passing “the baton to Deputy Postmaster General, Doug Tulino, until the Governors name my permanent successor” in a statement first obtained by Reuters.

• Last week DeJoy gave DOGE a list of items he wanted help with and signed an agreement with the cost-cutting department earlier this month.
• DeJoy previously announced plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the budget.

What they’re saying: “While we’re glad to see DeJoy go, the fear is that his mismanagement will continue casting a destructive shadow,” Kevin Yoder, a former Republican congressman and executive director of the advocacy group Keep US Posted, told Axios.

• “The time is now to stop following DeJoy’s leadership, and that means abandoning strategies like rate hikes and service delays which hurt businesses and everyday Americans alike,” Yoder said.

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