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Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr.

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

Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets with Russian servicemen at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Biden calls Putin a pariah as Ukraine war drags on

President Biden on Wednesday said it's "hard to tell" if Russian President Vladimir Putin has been weakened by a recent Wagner revolt, but asserted the Kremlin leader is a pariah on the global stage. Published June 28, 2023

Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, on March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. An audio recording that includes new details from a 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where former President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify has been released. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump says Bedminster audio was leaked to hurt 2024 bid

Donald Trump is fuming as the political world reacts to an audio recording in which the former president seems to display secret Pentagon information about Iran in a 2021 meeting -- an episode critical to special counsel Jack Smith's case against him. Published June 27, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves to supporters after speaking during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Policy Conference in Washington, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ron DeSantis in Texas hits Biden, Trump for the border crisis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pledging to "build the wall" and stop the steady flow of migrants across the southern border in a twin swipe at President Biden and his chief GOP rival, former President Donald Trump. Published June 26, 2023

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines introduces President Joe Biden during a visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Va., July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Intel report on coronavirus cannot find direct evidence of lab leak

The U.S. director of national intelligence released an unclassified report, late Friday, on potential links between COVID-19 and a major lab in central China, as required by law, but it does not solve the mystery of whether the virus escaped from a lab or slipped to humans from an animal. Published June 23, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks about reproductive rights during an event in Washington, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden urges crowd to channel anger over Dobbs decision into 2024 action

President Biden said the GOP is in for a world of hurt in the 2024 election cycle, betting that women and angry voters are set to punish Republicans over restrictions on abortion that flowed from the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the broad right to abortion one year ago. Published June 23, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a town hall meeting, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Pella, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Sen. Tim Scott releases ads marking first anniversary of Dobbs decision

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, a Republican 2024 presidential candidate, is marking the first anniversary of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by running digital ads that take aim at Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for saying abortion bans would be "very damaging" for the economy. Published June 23, 2023