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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.

A doctor administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a man, inside the Klunkerkranich restaurant and night club during an ongoing vaccination campaign of the Clubkommission in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. European health officials say its too early to consider giving a fourth dose of the messenger RNA coronavirus vaccines to most people, but say an extra booster can be administered to people over age 80. In a statement on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said they had reviewed data for a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Majority of U.S. voters support funding global vaccination effort: survey

The majority of U.S. voters support new federal funding for COVID-19 vaccinations in other countries, according to a survey released Wednesday that sheds light on attitudes while Congress stalls on a virus package that stripped out global funding completely. Published April 13, 2022

This photo provided by Will B Wylde, a person is aided outside a subway car in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. A gunman filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and shot multiple people Tuesday, leaving wounded commuters bleeding on a Brooklyn platform as others ran screaming, authorities said. Police were still searching for the suspect. (Will B Wylde via AP)

Man wanted in NYC subway shooting arrested

The New York Police Department on Wednesday arrested the man wanted in connection with the mass subway shooting in Brooklyn after a person spotted him in lower Manhattan and called a tip line. Published April 13, 2022

President Joe Biden holds pieces of a 9mm pistol as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. Biden announced a final version of the administrations ghost gun rule, which comes with the White House and the Justice Department under growing pressure to crack down on gun deaths. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden announces new ghost gun restrictions, ATF nominee

President Biden on Monday announced new restrictions on untraceable firearms known as "ghost guns" and unveiled a new nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, as the president faces pressure to get a grip on the violent crime plaguing America. Published April 11, 2022

President Joe Biden meets virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. India's Defense minister Rajnath Singh, is center, and India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is right (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden, Indian prime minister meet to discuss differences on Russia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Biden Monday he hopes talks between Ukraine and Russia will lead to peace and called for an inquiry into atrocities outside of Kyiv as the U.S. prods India to take a harder line on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Published April 11, 2022

In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, photo, a passenger wears a face mask she travels on a flight from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, March 29, 2022, Florida and 20 other states are suing to halt the federal government's pandemic requirement that people wear masks on planes, trains and other public transport. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Philadelphia reinstates mask mandate April 18 in major reversal

The new White House COVID-19 coordinator is "not overly concerned" about the rise of the BA.2 variant because hospitalizations remain low but said Monday an extension of the federal mask mandate on public transportation remains a distinct possibility. Published April 11, 2022