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Tom Howell Jr.

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

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President Donald Trump speaks to the "Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit," Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump claims progress in opioid fight, says prescriptions down by 34%

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Jared Kushner, Senior Adviser to President Donald Trump, speaks during the TIME 100 Summit, in New York, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Jared Kushner downplays Russia’s role in 2016 campaign

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump heads to Britain in June for long-planned state visit, will honor D-Day anniversary in France

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, and National Security Adviser John Bolton, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the Office of Government Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

White House ends waivers for Iranian oil

By Tom Howell Jr. and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks at an Opportunity Zone conference with state, local, tribal, and community leaders South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump says Russia matter is over: ‘Hoax is dead!’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
An Ebola health worker is seen at a treatment center in Beni, Eastern Congo, Tuesday April, 16, 2019. Congo's president on Tuesday said he wants to see a deadly Ebola virus outbreak contained in less than three months even as some health experts say it could take twice as long. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

Attackers kill Ebola worker in Democratic Republic of Congo: WHO

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk down the stairs of Air Force One during their arrival at Palm Beach International Airport, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Trump is spending the Easter weekend as his Mar-a-Lago estate. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump enjoys Mar-a-Lago life, while Beltway stews

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Sen. McConnell wants to raise tobacco age to 21

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump arrives for a Opportunity Zone conference with state, local, tribal, and community leaders South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump urges investors to pour cash into opportunity zones

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A worker checks on a wooden support structure placed on the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a massive fire. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Trump offers condolences to Pope Francis over Notre Dame fire

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this March 24, 2019, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

‘Breakdown-level anxiety’: Mueller report release puts Trump exoneration claim to test

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Trump to rally in Green Bay, Wis., in lieu of White House reporters’ dinner

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump, center, walks to his car after arriving at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station in Minneapolis, Monday, April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Progress could be undone’: Trump courts Minnesota voters after losing state in 2016

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Tiger Woods reacts as he wins the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) ** FILE **

Trump says he will award Tiger Woods the Medal of Freedom

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Kidist Birhanu, left, invites White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump to smell the coffee during a coffee ceremony at Dumerso Coffee, Sunday April 14, 2019, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ivanka Trump takes her women-in-business initiative overseas

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, photo, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, eastern Congo. Top Red Cross official Emanuele Capobianco said April 12, 2019, that he's "more concerned than I have ever been" about the possible regional spread of the Ebola virus in Congo after a recent spike in cases. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro) **FILE**

WHO declines to label DRC Ebola a global emergency

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump walks out of the White House to greet South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook, Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he’ll attend D-Day ceremonies in France this June

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump waves after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump shirks WikiLeaks: ‘It’s not my thing’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Supporters of opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido march to protest outages that left most of the country scrambling for days in the dark in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 6, 2019. Rival political factions are taking the streets across Venezuela in a mounting struggle for control of the crisis-wracked nation recently hit by crippling blackouts. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

VP Pence: UN must disinvite Maduro, deem Juan Guaido as Venezuelan leader

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before boarding Marine One helicopter, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump cites audit, won’t turn over taxes on deadline

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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