Equifax bungles details over and over again

LAWMAKERS in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives blasted credit reporting firms in the wake of the Equifax hack revealed last week, scheduling hearings and calling for an overhaul of the sector and its cybersecurity requirements. Credit reporting agency Equifax suffered a cybersecurity breach in May that persisted until its discovery in July.

COLUMN: American farmers, consumers trapped in the organic net

The organic industry's multibillion dollar revenues are driven entirely by negative marketing, stoking fear of genetically modified organisms . A handful of consumers might still buy organic groceries believing them to be purer, more nutritious and easier on the environment.

EJ Dionne Jr.: The priority is still to save Obamacare

Before supporters of universal health coverage get all wrapped up debating a single-payer system, they need to focus on a dire threat to the Affordable Care Act likely to come up for a vote in the Senate before the end of the month. The latest repeal bill is an offering from Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., that would tear apart the existing system and replace it with a block grant to the states.

Clinton: Cartwright-Comey exchange is vindication

SETH WENIG / ASSOCIATED PRESS Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares to sign copies of her book "What Happened" at a bookstore in New York on Tuesday. United States Congressman Matt Cartwright, , shakes hands with guests as he hosted a "Coffee with your Congressman" event at B'Nai B'rith Apartments, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Tuesday July 11, 2017.

Editorial: Helping with DACA renewals

Although the Trump administration is in the process of eliminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program , Congressional Democrats may be able to prevent its demise. After President Trump met with Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi at the White House, he said he'd be willing to consider legislation that protects "Dreamers" from deportation if it includes provisions for "massive border security."

Single Payer …

How much government should be involved in the lives of Americans is an ongoing and evolving debate, as "progressives" such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., seem to believe that there is basically nothing that big brother shouldn't provide for its citizens. The left has completely lost the idea of personal responsibility, and its definition of safety-net programs has expanded to a list of entitlements that grows unchecked as the years go by.

Opinion: Is Trumpa s pardon of Joe Arpaio really legal? This lawyer thinks ita s not

After Sheriff Joe Arpaio was found guilty of defying a court order instructing him to stop infringing on Latino Americans' constitutional rights, the president pardoned him. Unlike past pardons, this presidential act threatens the judicial branch's authority, the right to equal protection, and the Constitution itself.

Opinion: How Donald Trump Made Congress Great Again

President Donald Trump's rocky relationship with lawmakers has made Congress free enough to act in the country's best interests, Murphy writes. If you were a member of Congress, especially a Republican member of Congress, you could be forgiven for having at least some contempt for President Donald Trump.