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Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr. covers politics for The Washington Times. He can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

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In this Jan. 23, 2019, file photo, a view of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Deputy spokeswoman Lindsay Walters to depart White House in April

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Capt. Philip Gunn participates in a flyover during the interment ceremony of retired Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner on Jan. 23, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Image: Air Force) ** FILE **

Trump presses launch for ‘Space Force’; new command under Air Force

By Tom Howell Jr. and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 22, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump touches base with Asian leaders ahead of Kim Jong-un summit

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Lacey Walter, of Kennewick, Wash., holds a sign that reads "Vaccines, the more you know, the more you No!" as she takes part in a rally held in opposition to a proposed bill that would remove parents' ability to claim a philosophical exemption to opt their school-age children out of the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Amid a measles outbreak that has sickened people in Washington state and Oregon, lawmakers earlier Friday heard public testimony on the bill. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Health officials devise new ways to immunize Americans after ‘anti-vaxxers’ drive measles outbreak

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks to a Venezuelan American community at Florida Ocean Bank Convocation Center at Florida International University in Miami, Fla., Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump calls on Venezuela’s military to turn on Maduro, decries socialism

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Trump's approval ratings jumped several points after his State of the Union address, but he is facing a fight over border wall money, a looming report from special counsel Robert Mueller and lousy poll numbers among female voters. (Associated Press/File)

Rough waters ahead after Trump rides ratings wave with State of the Union address

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration for U.N. post

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump praises use of death penalty for drug traffickers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks at the Major County Sheriffs and Major Cities Chiefs Association Joint Conference in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump gained 4 lbs., but in good health overall: Personal doctor

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump discusses Venezuela with Colombia’s Ivan Duque at White House: ‘All options’ available

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
This Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, file photo shows a page from the 2019 U.S. Medicare Handbook in Washington. Medicare Advantage enrollees get a new, second chance to find the right health coverage for 2019. The government added another enrollment window that started Jan. 1 and lasts until March 31. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats roll out bill to let Americans buy into Medicare at 50

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks about his upcoming meeting with President Donald Trump during a news conference in the Red Room at the state Capitol Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. New York pays more in taxes to the federal government than any other state. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo airs concerns over tax deduction cap with Trump

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President-elect Donald Trump, left, and his wife Melania Trump arrive to the "Make America Great Again Welcome Concert" at the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump revives idea of big, patriotic ‘Salute to America’ in Washington

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the El Paso County Coliseum, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Trump road-tests 2020 campaign lines at El Paso rally

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks during a news conference in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

HHS pushes for digital health records in key programs by 2020

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Democrats’ cut to immigrant detention centers derails talks to avoid shutdown

By Tom Howell Jr. and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks with reporters after his panel voted in a closed session to send more than 50 interview transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Two associates of President Donald Trump have been charged with lying to the committee and Schiff said Mueller should consider whether additional perjury charges are warranted. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff makes no apologies for investigating Trump, says mission different than Mueller’s

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said proposed funding is all over the map and that Democrats' are pushing to cap the number of detainee beds for people who cross into the U.S. illegally, causing talks to stall. (Associated Press)

White House won’t rule out another government shutdown

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 2, 2019, file photo, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks during a news conference in the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va. Northam clung to his office Tuesday, Feb. 5, amid intense political fallout over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook and uncertainty about the future of the state's government. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Ralph Northam: As a doctor, I can help Virginia heal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg announces that he will not seek another term as mayor Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, during a news conference at his office in South Bend, Ind. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

2020 Democrat Pete Buttigieg endorses idea of Green New Deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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