USPS rejects hundreds of troop care packages as charity turns to Trump for 'Christmas miracle'

A nonprofit claims the U.S. Postal Service mishandled its shipment of hundreds of care packages for American service members and is now calling on President Donald Trump to step in.

"I'm really hoping that President Trump can perform a Christmas miracle for us and get these boxes to our troops for Christmas because if we send them U.S. postal mail, they'll never get there," Kristen Gauvin, president of Boxes to Boots, said on "Fox & Friends First" Wednesday.

The organization sends essential packages to deployed troops who can’t be home for the holidays. They include necessary toiletries, snacks and other small comforts meant to lift their spirits.

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But this year, Gauvin says the group has run into a major shipping problem.

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Boxes to Boots mailed its packages in mid-November, yet more than 800 of its 1,100 boxes were unexpectedly returned, with more than 100 missing entirely. USPS flagged the packages for insufficient customs descriptions. 

"We are currently investigating why these packages were returned. When customs forms are incomplete or lack the detail needed to meet export compliance requirements, packages may be returned," USPS said in a statement to "Fox & Friends First."

Gauvin says the organization has never experienced anything like this before and has heard from other groups reporting similar issues. She also noted that roughly 300 identical packages went through without a problem.

"Every single one of these boxes had my name and phone number on the return information… Someone could have [taken] the extra minute to call me and say, ‘Hey, we have a huge problem here. Let me tell you what it is,’" she said.

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Gauvin, who has led Boxes to Boots for several years, said she or volunteers would have driven anywhere necessary to correct the labeling if that was the issue.

"Clearly these boxes are all marked with military addresses. So, I would think people, if anything, would bend over backwards for our troops. This is just disgusting," Gauvin said.

Boxes to Boots is urging federal officials to step in to ensure the packages reach troops before the holidays, specifically calling on President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to help. The group warns the boxes could miss the holiday season and arrive in mid-January if the issue is not resolved soon.

Cause of death confirmed for Mitt Romney's sister-in-law

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The death of former Sen. Mitt Romney's sister-in-law has been confirmed to be a suicide, the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office announced Tuesday.

Carrie Elizabeth Romney, 64, died of "blunt traumatic injuries" after plunging from a five-story parking garage in California in early October. She had been married to Mitt Romney's older brother, George Scott Romney, 81, and the pair had been going through a months-long divorce.

"Our family is heartbroken by the loss of Carrie, who brought warmth and love to all our lives," Mitt Romney said in a statement after Carrie's death.

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"We ask for privacy during this difficult time," he added.

Carrie and George had been married since 2016. They had been separated since late May, and George filed a divorce petition in early June.

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Mitt Romney served as a Utah senator until 2024, when he decided not to run for re-election. 

"I have spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. At the end of another term, I’d be in my mid-eighties. Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders. They’re the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in," Romney said at the time.

"We face critical challenges — mounting national debt, climate change, and the ambitious authoritarians of Russia and China. Neither President Biden nor former President Trump are leading their party to confront them," Romney said.

"It is a profound honor to serve Utah and the nation, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to do so."

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