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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.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, studies notes during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Louie Gohmert tests positive for COVID-19: Report

Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday, making him the latest federal lawmaker to contract the virus and sparking a review of Capitol Hill's ability to stiff-arm the pathogen. Published July 29, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump doles out $765M loan to Kodak to make drug ingredients

President Trump took the first steps Tuesday to bring drug manufacturing back to the U.S., announcing his administration is giving the Eastman Kodak Company a $765 million loan through the Defense Production Act to produce generic drugs in the U.S. Published July 28, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus briefing at Bioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Morrisville, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Big Pharma a no-show for planned White House meeting

President Trump's effort to strike a deal with pharmaceutical companies got off to a rocky start Tuesday amid a dispute over the White House's push to align the price for certain Medicare drugs with what other nations pay. Published July 28, 2020

President Donald Trump is reflected in a television monitor as he speaks during an event to sign executive orders on lowering drug prices, in the South Court Auditorium in the White House complex, Friday, July 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs order to align drug prices with other nations

President Trump signed a batch of executive orders Friday designed to slash drug prices in an election year, including a long-awaited push to align the price of Medicare drugs with what other developed nations pay. Published July 24, 2020

In this July 13, 2020, file photo, a chain-link fence lock is seen on a gate at a closed Ranchito Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles. States are furloughing workers, borrowing billions, delaying construction projects and reducing aid to local governments and schools as ways to cope in response to revenue drops that are expected to top 20% in some states, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Trump officials focused on how, and not whether, schools reopen

The Trump administration on Friday said reopening schools is not a matter of "if" it happens but "how it must be done" this fall, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out new guidelines that support President Trump's push to resume classroom learning amid the coronavirus pandemic. Published July 24, 2020

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor speaks as he holds a "COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season" manual during a House Committee on Homeland Security meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2020, on the national response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

FEMA: States must protect supplies, evacuate smartly in hurricane season

Tropical Storm Gonzalo may weaken before it becomes a full-blown hurricane, but it is the seventh named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, underscoring a federal scramble to make sure states are ready to handle an "apocalyptic" scenario in which the COVID-19 nightmare clashes with a disaster response. Published July 24, 2020

President Donald Trump holds a mask as he speaks during a news conference at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

RNC convention in Jacksonville canceled over coronavirus spat

President Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled the portion of the Republican National Convention he moved from North Carolina to Florida because of a spat over coronavirus restrictions, saying the surge that blanketed the Sun Belt with infections made it impossible. Published July 23, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pfizer coronavirus vaccine deal touted by Trump

Pfizer will provide 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine if and when it is approved later this year under a "historic" deal with the government, President Trump said Wednesday, as three states and D.C. scrambled in the meantime to stanch the virus by mandating masks outside the home. Published July 22, 2020

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by, from left, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, Vice President Mike Pence, and Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reacts to a question during a news conference on the coronavirus in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington. Redfield said his faith had helped orient him toward the potential for “greater good” to arise from tragedy. Faith and science have never been in tension for him, Redfield said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ari Fleischer to Trump: Here’s how to survive your virus briefings

President Trump's decision to resume coronavirus briefings Tuesday is prompting advice from both corners of the political spectrum, with a former press secretary saying the president needs to "talk personally" and avoid spats with reporters. Published July 21, 2020

In this May 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday, July 17, 2020, that most counties will start the school year online due to soaring coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, but counties that have seen little of the virus, mostly towns and rural communities in California's north and east, can bring students and teachers back to campus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California to delay school sports for months

California announced Monday it is delaying the start of school athletics until December or January, pushing traditional fall sports like football into the spring as the coronavirus pandemic continues to upend American life. Published July 20, 2020