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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.

House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., and Chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021, on the coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

Emergent BioSolutions execs to testify before House panel

Executives from a company blamed for mishaps in the production of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will testify next week before a House panel tracking the coronavirus response, House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn said Wednesday. Published May 12, 2021

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about President Donald Trump during a campaign rally Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) ** FILE **

Trump support holds steady, DeSantis second pick in 2024: Poll

Roughly half of GOP voters would "absolutely" vote for former President Donald Trump in a Republican primary and more than a third would back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis if the ex-president takes a pass in 2024, according to a poll released Wednesday. Published May 12, 2021

A sign reading "Out of Fuel" is taped to the window at an Exxon Gas Station on Boonsboro Road in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, May 11, 2021. More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day. In response, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency. (Kendall Warner/The News & Advance via AP)

Feds scramble to deliver gas in face of pipeline shutdown, rising prices

The Biden administration on Wednesday scrambled to deliver gasoline to stations running on empty due to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, authorizing bigger loads on federal interstates and moving to relax maritime laws so ships could deliver fuel to states gripped by panic-buying and long lines at the pump. Published May 12, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the economy, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden, governors brainstorm vaccine incentives, mobile efforts

Governors on Tuesday told President Biden they are doing what they can to root out Americans who remain unvaccinated for COVID-19, offering shots to baseball fans and throwing L.L. Bean gift cards and free fishing licenses at outdoorsmen in Maine. Published May 11, 2021

Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the fourth Women's March in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Caitlyn Jenner: I played golf instead of voting in 2020

Caitlyn Jenner, running to unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recall election, said she didn't bother to vote for then-President Donald Trump in November 2020 or show up at the polls at all. Published May 11, 2021

Eunsun Kim, originally from Korea, is vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the Mexican Consulate as a Mariachi Serenade band performs in Los Angeles Saturday, May 8, 2021. CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, and the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles are holding two days of COVID-19 vaccination clinic this week, where members of the immigrant community can get their vaccine without an appointment. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Pfizer partner BioNTech is exploring a variant-specific vaccine strategy

German company BioNTech told investors Monday there is "no evidence" it must change the vaccine it developed with Pfizer to cope with coronavirus variants that are pinging around the globe, but it is exploring contingency plans with U.S. regulators anyway. Published May 10, 2021