Article snippet: The endorsement comes at a critical time for candidate Jay Gonzalez. When the White House senior staff convened Friday for a regular briefing, there was not one black person among the roughly 30 people gathered. The support of Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker all but ensures the package will pass the Senate. Perspective | Magazine From birth, we get benefits no one else can touch. And it just gets better from there. We need to own up, and share the wealth. House and Senate Republicans faced a new round of uncertainty Thursday about the fate of their $1.5 trillion tax bill. The question of where Collins’s allegiances lie will become huge in Washington, as will the matter of whether she’s ripe for a switch to independent. The legislation would slash tax rates for big business and lower levies on the richest Americans in a massive $1.5 trillion bill. Representative Ruben Kihuen is accused of sexually harassing a campaign worker and a lobbyist. A federal judge in Philadelphia has ordered the Trump administration not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women’s access to free birth control. Some of the most important witnesses are to be interviewed in New York by committee staff early next week. Ivanka Trump tweeted her (somewhat tardy) congratulations to Prince Harry and his soon-to-be wife, Meghan Markle, Friday morning. <?EM-dummyText [This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text fo... Link to the full article to read more