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Kellan Howell

Kellan Howell is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering defense and national security. Originally from Williamsburg, Virginia, Kellan graduated from James Madison University where she received bachelor's degrees in media arts and design and international affairs with a concentration in western European politics.
During her time at JMU, she interned for British technology and business news website "ITPro" in London and worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Guardian. She was also an executive editor of 22807, a new student magazine covering arts and culture in the JMU community.
Kellan can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Kellan Howell

Trump fires back at Rubio after ICE says Kathryn Steinle’s suspected killer was deported 5 times

Donald Trump wants to know what Florida Senator Marco Rubio has to say about a San Francisco woman who may have been killed by a convicted felon with five previous deportations.

July 4, 2015

Golden Hammer: FEMA mismanaged New York’s terror defense grants

Neither the state of New York nor the New York City -- prime terror targets -- has defined homeland security goals or strategies for spending about $67 million in federal grant money, a new report from the Department of Homeland Security revealed this week.

July 2, 2015

Feds spend over $600K on anti-tanning bed campaign for moms

The federal government is spending over half a million dollars to create a social media campaign to persuade mothers to keep their daughters from going to tanning salons.

July 1, 2015

Iran human rights abuses of women, children worsen amid Obama nuclear talks

As the U.S. and its world partners race to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, women and children in the Islamic republic struggle under harsh, discriminatory laws despite numerous calls for reform from human rights groups and the international community.

June 28, 2015

Jim Inhofe: My gay friends thought Supreme Court marriage ruling was bad

Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said Friday that he has lots of friends in the gay community who thought the Supreme Court's decision to allow same-sex marriages across all 50 states was a "bad decision."

June 27, 2015

Chris Christie launches campaign website ahead of official kickoff

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie launched his presidential campaign website on Saturday, three days ahead of his formal 2016 kickoff on Tuesday.

June 27, 2015

Bill Maher: Donald Trump is a ‘Frankenstein Monster’ created by the tea party

Late-night talk show host Bill Maher unloaded on Donald Trump, one of the newest GOP presidential candidates, Friday night, calling him a "Frankenstein monster that was created with the tea party" who isn't going away anytime soon.

June 27, 2015

Confederate flag outside S.C. Statehouse torn down; 2 activists arrested

Two activists were arrested in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday morning after one woman climbed the 30-foot flagpole outside the Statehouse to remove the Confederate flag, ignoring calls from police to come down.

June 27, 2015

Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling applauded by businesses, CEOs on Twitter

The Supreme Court's historic ruling Friday on gay marriage sparked a tidal wave of comments on social media with brands such as Southwest Airlines, Visa and YouTube jumping in on the discussion.

June 26, 2015

Fairfax Co. school board adds lessons on gender identity, sexual orientation

The Fairfax County School Board voted Thursday night to amend its family life curriculum to include education on sexual orientation and gender identity, despite objections from hundreds of parents.

June 26, 2015

FDA bans artificial trans fats from grocery shelves; critics see nanny-state overreach

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said artificial trans fats had to be off U.S. grocery shelves within three years, prompting charges that the Obama administration was engaging in regulatory overreach in service of a nanny-state agenda that won't stop here.

June 16, 2015

Broadcasting Board of Governors has no oversight of multimillion-dollar grants: audit

The Broadcasting Board of Governors, the agency that manages Radio Free Asia and other U.S. international broadcasting, had almost no oversight of millions of tax dollars spent on these groups annually, according to a watchdog audit released on Tuesday.

June 16, 2015

Fredricka Whitfield, CNN anchor, calls Dallas gunman ‘courageous and brave’

CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield appears to have misspoken while referring to the gunman who opened fire on the Dallas Police headquarters as "courageous and brave."

June 13, 2015

Soldier to attempt world record bomb suit run for charity

An Army sergeant from the Yakima Training Center in Washington will attempt Saturday to break the world record for running while wearing a bomb suit in order to raise money for charity.

June 13, 2015

Ex-NSA official: Cybersecurity breach gave China intelligence ‘crown jewels’

A former NSA official said that the latest data breaches on the Office of Personnel Management gave Chinese hackers the "crown jewels" of American intelligence.

June 13, 2015

Chris Christie rings up $124K foreign travel bill

New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie's recent trips to the United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada cost taxpayers in the state nearly $124,000.

June 13, 2015

Islamic State winning the social media war, State Dept. says: ‘We must do a better job’

An internal State Department memo reveals that top officials don't have confidence in the U.S. strategy against Islamic State social media propaganda machine.

June 13, 2015

Hillary Clinton granted no-fly zone status for campaign event

A no-fly zone will be enforced over Roosevelt Island in New York on Saturday as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kicks off her 2016 campaign.

June 13, 2015

Army turns to 3-year sabbatical offer to keep top soldiers

The U.S. Army will allow some soldiers, both officers and enlisted, to take up to a three-year sabbatical from service to pursue educational or other personal goals in order to keep top soldiers from leaving the force.

June 13, 2015

Golden Hammer: Report finds feds mismanaging high-risk IT systems

In the wake of the largest data breach the federal government has ever seen, a new watchdog report concludes about a quarter of the federal government's information technology investments are in "urgent" need of attention because of poor management, oversight and maintenance.

June 11, 2015

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Kellan Howell

Articles by Kellan Howell

Trump fires back at Rubio after ICE says Kathryn Steinle’s suspected killer was deported 5 times

Golden Hammer: FEMA mismanaged New York’s terror defense grants

Feds spend over $600K on anti-tanning bed campaign for moms

Iran human rights abuses of women, children worsen amid Obama nuclear talks

Jim Inhofe: My gay friends thought Supreme Court marriage ruling was bad

Chris Christie launches campaign website ahead of official kickoff

Bill Maher: Donald Trump is a ‘Frankenstein Monster’ created by the tea party

Confederate flag outside S.C. Statehouse torn down; 2 activists arrested

Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling applauded by businesses, CEOs on Twitter

Fairfax Co. school board adds lessons on gender identity, sexual orientation

FDA bans artificial trans fats from grocery shelves; critics see nanny-state overreach

Broadcasting Board of Governors has no oversight of multimillion-dollar grants: audit

Fredricka Whitfield, CNN anchor, calls Dallas gunman ‘courageous and brave’

Soldier to attempt world record bomb suit run for charity

Ex-NSA official: Cybersecurity breach gave China intelligence ‘crown jewels’

Chris Christie rings up $124K foreign travel bill

Islamic State winning the social media war, State Dept. says: ‘We must do a better job’

Hillary Clinton granted no-fly zone status for campaign event

Army turns to 3-year sabbatical offer to keep top soldiers

Golden Hammer: Report finds feds mismanaging high-risk IT systems