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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.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump revives claims Biden has dementia after anti-MAGA speech

Former President Donald Trump on Friday accused President Biden of suffering from dementia after the man who defeated him in 2020 characterized the pro-Trump strain of Republican politics as a threat to democracy. Published September 2, 2022

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update on the ongoing Federal response to COVID-19, Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

CDC signs off on reformulated COVID-19 booster

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed Thursday the reformulated COVID-19 booster shots authorized by U.S. regulators one day prior, clearing the way for people to seek another shot before a potential winter surge. Published September 1, 2022

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference about upcoming “Gun Free Zone" implementation at Times Square, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Guns are off-limits in ‘sensitive zone’ of Times Square, new signs warn

Visitors to New York City will see signs in Times Square advertising it as a "sensitive location" where people cannot carry guns, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday as Democrats manage the fallout from a Supreme Court decision that said blue states went too far in restricting concealed carry. Published August 31, 2022

A pharmacist injects a patient with a booster dosage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Lawrence, Mass., on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain. The move on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2022, by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

FDA clears COVID-19 boosters targeting fast-moving variants

The Food and Drug Administration authorized reformulated COVID-19 boosters Wednesday that target omicron variants alongside the original strain discovered in China, clearing the way for another shots-in-arms campaign to launch by next week. Published August 31, 2022

Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower, Aug. 10, 2022, in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in civil investigation. A newly released FBI document helps flesh out the contours of an investigation into classified documents at Trump’s Florida estate. But plenty of questions remain, especially since half the document was blacked out. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Trump hires DeSantis adviser Chris Kise for defense in FBI raid case

Former President Donald Trump has enlisted Chris Kise, a former Florida solicitor general who served on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's transition team, to serve on his legal team as the Department of Justice investigates why sensitive government documents were stored at the ex-president's Mar-a-Lago estate. Published August 31, 2022

Russian rockets are launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov, File)

Russia flush with oil cash despite West’s crackdown: Report

Russia is selling nearly as much oil as it did before it invaded Ukraine and raking in more cash because of high prices despite the West's push to hamstring President Vladimir Putin's economy with crippling sanctions. Published August 30, 2022

President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he arrives to speak about the economy during a meeting with CEOs in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, July 30, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Biden team prepares for possible winter surge in COVID-19

The Biden administration is taking steps to prepare for a possible winter surge of the coronavirus, detailing how it plans to authorize reformulated shots for a fall booster campaign and suspending a program that provided free at-home virus tests to conserve supply. Published August 29, 2022

A Northwell Health registered nurse fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccination site the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center on April 8, 2021, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, June 30, 2022 recommended that COVID-19 booster shots be modified to better match more recent variants of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

FDA will launch new COVID-19 booster without full human testing

The Food and Drug Administration plans to authorize boosters that target the BA.4 and BA.5 coronavirus strains this fall without complete data on how the shots performed in humans, saying it has enough alternate data to ensure safety. Published August 29, 2022