Postal Service and to shore up election infrastructure became a major sticking point in congressional talks on coronavirus relief, as President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to block any money to facilitate mail-in voting. "The items are the post office and the $3.5 billion for mail-in voting," Trump told Fox Business Network, saying Democrats want to give the post office $25 billion. "If we don't make the deal, that means they can't have the money; that means they can't have universal mail-in voting. 2:11Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that mail-in voting is likely to be rife with fraud. Trump and Attorney General William Barr, who has also expressed concerns about an expansion of mail-in voting, have each voted by mail in the past.

Source: CBC News August 13, 2020 14:55 UTC