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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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In this March 13, 2019, photo, Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps are displayed on an iPhone, in New York. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Report: Two Facebook tools suppressed traffic of conservative sites

Tools deployed by Facebook suppressed the traffic of websites considered conservative even though it wasn't the company's intent, according to a Wall Street Journal story that looked at internal company debates over how the company attempts to police misinformation and news algorithms. Published October 25, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Northeast Bronx YMCA, in the Bronx borough of New York, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris to visit France next month, meet with Macron

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to France in November to discuss COVID-19 and climate issues with French President Emmanuel Macron and mark Veterans Day, the White House said Friday. Published October 22, 2021

Security personnel manned the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, visit by a team from the World Health Organization. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Failure to report coronavirus-experiment findings renews Wuhan lab controversy

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he feels vindicated after the National Institutes of Health revealed that a "limited experiment" at the Wuhan lab in China involving mice equipped with human receptors found a virus engineered to carry spike proteins from coronaviruses was more virulent than ones without the special function. Published October 22, 2021

A health care worker receives a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at Jackson Memorial Hospital Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) ** FILE **

CDC panel advances plan for mix-and-match booster vaccines for COVID-19

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed a booster plan Thursday for all three COVID-19 vaccines, nudging forward a strategy to let Americans mix-and-match brands to not only bolster their defenses but avoid rare, though serious, side effects that have been linked to both vaccine technologies deployed in the U.S. Published October 21, 2021

In this Dec. 10, 2020, file photo, a sign is displayed for the Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

FDA approves J&J and Moderna boosters, mixing vaccines

The Biden administration cleared the way Wednesday for millions of Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots and said it will be ready to distribute vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 once the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign off on an application from Pfizer and BioNTech. Published October 20, 2021

In this Aug. 28, 2021, photo, Mayra Navarrete, 13, receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse, Noleen Nobleza at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima in Orange, Calif. With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they're confident both seniors and other vulnerable Americans seeking booster shots and parents anticipating approval of initial shots for young children will have easy access. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

WH touts plan to get kids ages 5 to 11 vaccinated for COVID-19

The Biden administration said Wednesday it will be ready to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 once the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign off on an application from Pfizer and BioNTech to start the rollout. Published October 20, 2021

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his remarks in Times Square after he toured the grand opening of a Broadway COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city's entertainment industry, in New York, in this Monday, April 12, 2021, file photo. New York City will require police officers, firefighters and other municipal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, de Blasio said Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, giving an ultimatum to public employees who've refused and ensuring a fight with some of the unions representing them. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Mayor Bill de Blasio extends vaccine mandate to all NYC workers

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday said all city workers will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19, eliminating an option to get tested and building on prior mandates for teachers and health workers Published October 20, 2021

Lakita Strong, center, holds a sign protesting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren with her sons Jordan, left, and Jayden, right, at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. More than 1,000 people crowded the front steps of the California Capitol to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to require all children to get the coronavirus vaccine to attend public and private schools. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Poll: 6 in 10 Americans think pandemic on the wane

More than 6 in 10 U.S. voters believe the coronavirus pandemic is becoming less serious, but a plurality thinks President Biden and his top medical officials aren't interested in dropping mandates even as high-profile figures shirk the shots and big companies say they don't need requirements to increase uptake, according to polling released by a conservative group Tuesday. Published October 19, 2021

In this Sept. 25, 2021, photo, former President Donald Trump prepares to take the stage during his Save America rally in Perry, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) **FILE**

Trump slams Colin Powell, media one day after general’s death

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized the late Colin Powell for "big mistakes" in Iraq and called him a Republican in name only one day after somber remembrances from both parties for the 84-year-old who died from complications of COVID-19. Published October 19, 2021

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra holds a mask as he testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

FDA moves to offer hearing aids over the counter

The Food and Drug Administration took steps Tuesday to allow over-the-counter sales of hearing aids so people can buy them without a medical exam or fitting by a specialist, a move President Biden is pushing in a bid to cut costs for nearly 40 million Americans with hearing loss. Published October 19, 2021