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Tom Howell Jr. covers politics for The Washington Times. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., testifies during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the nomination of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to become the US ambassador to Russia, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Joe Manchin says his re-election bid is ground zero for Obamacare’s future

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, pauses for a reporter's question at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Alexander to HHS: Help states riff on Obamacare to slash costs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, arrives for a closed-door GOP meeting in the basement of the Capitol as the Republican leadership tries to reach a policy agreement between conservatives and moderates on immigration, in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House OKs bill requiring electronic data on foreign packages to help fight opioid crisis

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar prepares to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at a hearing on prescription drug prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Before joining the Trump Cabinet, Azar was president of the U.S. division of Eli Lilly and Company, a major pharmaceutical drug company. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Patient groups leap into latest Obamacare fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, greets Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar the witness at a hearing on prescription drug prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Azar, Democrats clash over drug company rebates

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, greets Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar the witness at a hearing on prescription drug prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Before joining the Trump Cabinet, Azar was president of the U.S. division of Eli Lilly and Company, a major pharmaceutical drug company. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican senator protests Trump administration’s move to end Obamacare protections

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar prepares to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at a hearing on prescription drug prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Before joining the Trump Cabinet, Azar was president of the U.S. division of Eli Lilly and Company, a major pharmaceutical drug company. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

HHS chief: Refusal to defend Obamacare is a ‘legal’ position

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar prepares to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at a hearing on prescription drug prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Before joining the Trump Cabinet, Azar was president of the U.S. division of Eli Lilly and Company, a major pharmaceutical drug company. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats to Trump: Where are the drug-price cuts?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
FILE - This Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. American Dental Association on Monday, March 26, 2018, said it is pressing for seven-day prescription limits and mandatory education that encourages using other painkillers. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File) **FILE**

House set to vote on measures for fighting opioid addiction

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stabbed President Trump in the back with amateurish attacks over trade, White House officials said Sunday. (Associated Press)

White House directs fury over G-7 meltdown to Canada’s Trudeau

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Lindsey Graham says Trump won’t back down to Kim: ‘There’s really only two options — peace or war’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
FILE - In this March 31, 2017 file photo, National Trade Council adviser Peter Navarro appears before President Donald Trump arrives to sign executive orders regarding trade in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. After striking a delicate deal with the United Arab Emirates on rules for airline competition, the Trump administration went to war with itself about what the agreement actually said. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro repeatedly contradicted the State Departments carefully crafted script. Behind the scenes, a dizzying scene of one-upmanship, word games and subtle subterfuge played out, magnified by lobbyists seeking to exploit divisions within the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Peter Navarro: ‘There’s a special place in hell’ for Justin Trudeau after Trump ‘stunt’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks at the 2018 California Democrats State Convention Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Dianne Feinstein: Trump has shot for ‘meaningful dialogue’ with Kim

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif asks questions during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the U.S. Senate, contest the 26-year incumbent Feinstein is shifting to the left in the face of a challenge from state Sen. Kevin de Leon, who argues she's not done enough to stand up to Trump. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana,File)

Dianne Feinstein rejects Trump’s call to readmit Russia to G-7

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Larry Kudlow calls Justin Trudeau’s verbal attacks ‘amateurish,’ a ‘betrayal’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference at a Kroger supermarket as the company announces new associate benefits attributed to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Monday, April 16, 2018, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

House, Senate reach deal on bill to thwart opioids in mail

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this April 25, 2018, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration said in a court filing late Thursday that it will no longer defend key parts of the Affordable Care Act, including the requirement that people have health insurance and provisions that guarantee access to health insurance regardless of any medical conditions. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

House GOP addresses health care fears as DOJ refuses to defend Obamacare in court

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this photo taken Wednesday, May 30, 2018, a World Health Organization aid worker from Congo gets vaccinated in Mbandaka, Congo. More than 680 people have received Ebola vaccinations in the three health zones where dozens of cases of the deadly virus have been confirmed, Congo's health ministry said Friday, June 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

WHO optimistic that Ebola is under control in major city

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, giving his presidential farewell address. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Trump administration tells court it won’t defend Obamacare against lawsuit seeking to cripple it

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

White House launches anti-opioid public service campaign

By S.A. Miller and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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