Federal employees will not get paid administrative leave to work the polls under a final Office of Personnel Management rule publishing Monday, though agencies can still give them time off to vote. OPM says it should not pay for election work beyond voting and should not have to judge what is partisan. Unions objected. Here is what the rule says and how OPM answered.

Mail a package overseas and the customs charges go unpaid? Starting Monday, the Postal Service can send you the bill, and you have to pay even if you dispute it or the package is lost, with 6% interest if you're late. The Digital Free Press read the new rule, filed quietly Friday. Here is what it says, why USPS says it acted, and what senders can do.