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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.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden announces an increase in weekly vaccine allocation

President Biden on Tuesday said states will receive a bigger allocation of COVID-19 vaccines for at least the next three weeks, hoping to demonstrate progress as governors plead for more doses. Published January 26, 2021

Champagne bottles for tasters are displayed in the cave of Champagne producer Anselme Selosse in Avize, in the Champagne region, east of Paris, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Producers in France’s eastern Champagne region, headquarters of the global industry, say they’ve lost about 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) in sales this year, as turnover fell by a third — a hammering unmatched in living memory, and worse than the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Champagne sales down 18% in 2020: Trade group

The first year of the coronavirus pandemic offered little to celebrate, so perhaps it's no surprise that Champagne sales dropped by 18% in 2020. Published January 26, 2021

Joe Biden extends travel restrictions as fears of coronavirus variants mount

Reported coronavirus cases have dropped in recent weeks, but the U.S. government fears fast-moving variants will spark new trouble, prompting President Biden to extend travel restrictions while a drugmaker tests a new version of its vaccine against a potent strain detected in South Africa. Published January 25, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Biden faces pressure to aim higher in COVID-19 vaccine goals

The U.S. is administering roughly 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per day, placing President Biden on track to meet his 100-day goal of 100 million shots while heaping pressure on his White House to speed the effort, as virus deaths rise and newly eligible Americans clamor to roll up their sleeves. Published January 22, 2021

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a coronavirus press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Johnson announced that the new variant of COVID-19, which was first discovered in the south of England, may be linked with an increase in the mortality rate. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

Boris Johnson: U.K. variant of coronavirus likely more deadly

The fast-spreading "U.K. variant" of the coronavirus might also be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday, an alarming development that will burden the British health system and reverberate around the world. Published January 22, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Biden predicts 500K coronavirus deaths, but ‘help is on the way’

President Biden said Thursday it will "take months" to defeat the coronavirus and the death toll will likely exceed half a million, though he's confident he can speed the vaccine rollout through wartime production powers, FEMA-supported centers and pharmacy programs. Published January 21, 2021

This March 6, 2020 file photo shows the headquarters for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is expected to become CDC director after Biden is inaugurated. (AP Photo/ Ron Harris, File) **FILE**

New CDC chief orders review of COVID-19 guidelines

Rochelle Walensky, the incoming director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said "better, healthier days are ahead" but testing and vaccinating for COVID-19 must accelerate rapidly to get there. Published January 20, 2021

In this Jan. 30, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), talks to the media at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)

Joe Biden will reverse WHO withdrawal, restore health team on security council

President Biden will recommit the U.S. to the World Health Organization, take a bigger federal role in the vaccine rollout, and mandate masks where he can as he assumes responsibility for the pandemic response instead of carping about now-former President Donald Trump from the sidelines. Published January 20, 2021