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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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A sign near the Space Needle notes that masks are required for indoor spaces, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Seattle. Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday that the statewide indoor mask mandate in Washington state will lift on March 21, 2022, including at schools and child care facilities. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle students walk out, demand return of mask mandate

More than 100 high school students in Seattle walked out over a state decision to drop a mask mandate in schools, underscoring the competing pressures governors face as they attempt to manage COVID-19. Published March 23, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin still wants to attend G-20 summit in October: Report

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly plans to attend the G-20 summit in Indonesia in October despite becoming an economic pariah in the West for his unprovoked assault on Ukraine, a key official said Wednesday. Published March 23, 2022

This image provided by Pfizer shows the company's COVID-19 Paxlovid pills. Pfizer's and Merck's COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the U.S. are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the omicron wave of infections. (Pfizer via AP, File)

Pfizer to supply UNICEF with 4 million COVID-19 pills for poorer nations

Pfizer said Tuesday it reached a deal with the humanitarian-aid branch of the U.N. to supply 4 million courses of its pills for COVID-19 to low- and middle-income countries, likely making them the first significant treatments available in poorer parts of the world. Published March 22, 2022

A man walks underneath the marquee of the Alex Theatre in Glendale, Calif., which bears a message urging people to get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. The vaccination drive against COVID-19 in the U.S. is grinding to a halt, and lagging demand is especially stark in conservative corners of the country where many people weren't interested in the shots in the first place. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) **FILE**

FDA schedules April 6 meeting to devise next steps on COVID-19 boosters

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it will hold an advisory meeting in early April to debate who should get additional COVID-19 booster shots in the coming months and whether the vaccines need to be tailored to specific variants as the U.S. debates the best use of a quiet stretch in the pandemic to avoid future shocks. Published March 21, 2022

Danielle Chiles gives her daughter, Brooklynn Chiles, 8, a COVID-19 antigen rapid test at home in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. Proof of a negative test is required for Brooklynn to attend third grade classes at Rocketship Rise Academy Public Charter School in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

States close mass-testing sites for virus despite fear of new wave

States are starting to shutter mass COVID-19 testing sites due to a drop in demand and an uptick in at-home testing even as the U.S. warily eyes a version of the omicron variant that spreads quickly and has sparked a wave in Europe. Published March 21, 2022

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, is interviewed by the Associated Press, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS chief says turning the page on COVID-19 depends on Congress

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra marked his first year in office Friday by highlighting progress in the COVID-19 effort and demanding money from Congress to keep up the work, signaling an effort to raise his profile in Year Two after a quiet start in which he ceded the pandemic spotlight to a White House task force and focused on topics like Obamacare instead. Published March 18, 2022

A police officer walks at the site of a bombing that damaged residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 18, 2022. Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the edges of the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, as world leaders pushed for an investigation of the Kremlins repeated attacks on civilian targets, including schools, hospitals and residential areas. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Russian forces made ‘minimal’ progress this week: Intelligence

Russian forces have made "minimal" progress in their invasion this week, and Ukrainian forces have frustrated attempts by Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops to encircle Kyiv and the city of Mykolaiv to the south, intelligence officials said Friday. Published March 18, 2022