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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.

Roy McGrath, chief executive officer of the Maryland Environmental Service, speaks during a news conference at the State House in Annapolis, Md., on April 15, 2020. A federal judge has issued an arrest warrant for McGrath, the one-time aide to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, after McGrath failed to appear in court as his trial on federal fraud charges was set to begin. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued the arrest warrant in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Monday morning. (Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Sun via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. Marshals launch interstate manhunt for ex-Hogan aide

The U.S. Marshals Service has launched an interstate manhunt for Roy McGrath, a former chief of staff for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, after he failed to appear for the start of his trial on fraud charges. Published March 15, 2023

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Monday, March 13, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Ron Johnson)

Trump unleashes on DeSantis in Iowa stop

Former President Donald Trump used a stop in Iowa to bash Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, characterizing his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination as an enemy of Iowa ethanol and a threat to entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Published March 14, 2023

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a Coolidge and the American Project luncheon in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

White House calls Pence ‘homophobic’ over joke about Buttigieg

The White House on Monday accused former Vice President Mike Pence of being "homophobic" because he joked about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg taking paternity leave, prompting the ex-vice president's team to say the Biden administration should "spare the faux outrage" and focus on America's problems. Published March 13, 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a working lunch during the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, Dec. 15, 2022. Harris will be the latest and most high-profile administration official to visit Africa this year as the U.S. deepens its outreach to the continent. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

VP Kamala Harris to travel to African nations in late March

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to three African nations from March 25 to April 2 to strengthen U.S. partnerships and "advance our shared efforts on security and economic prosperity," the White House said Monday. Published March 13, 2023

A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The House voted unanimously Friday, March 10, 2023, to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19. The order to declassify focused on intelligence related to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, citing “potential links” between the research that was done there and the outbreak of COVID-19, which the WHO declared a pandemic in March 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Congress shows seismic shift on Wuhan lab likely causing the pandemic

A GOP bill to declassify all evidence that links a Chinese lab to the origins of the novel coronavirus breezed through Congress without a peep of dissent from Democrats, a stunning show of bipartisanship and a major step forward in the long-delayed quest to understand how the pandemic started. Published March 12, 2023