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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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President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at the Capitol in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

HHS outlines Donald Trump’s campaign to end HIV/AIDS

The Trump administration vowed Wednesday to commit "significant resources" to President Trump's push to eradicate HIV transmission in the U.S., saying it will provide resources to control the spread of the disease in at-risk populations. Published February 6, 2019

President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at the Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi look on. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Donald Trump refocuses energy from replacing Obamacare to tackling HIV/AIDS

President Trump signaled a new direction on health care Tuesday, replacing the partisan demands for an end to Obamacare that dotted past speeches with new plans to tackle major health crises such as HIV/AIDS, and proposals to work on controlling health care costs without major changes to the insurance system. Published February 5, 2019

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh walks on the House of Delegates chamber floor before Gov. Larry Hogan's annual State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Judge tosses Maryland lawsuit over threat to Obamacare

A judge on Friday tossed the state of Maryland's lawsuit alleging President Trump is damaging the 2010 health care law and may sow chaos by refusing to enforce it, as a major case against Obamacare wends through the courts. Published February 1, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on human trafficking in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump: Obamacare may be ‘terminated’ by courts

Despite a divided Congress, President Trump still thinks Obamacare will scrapped through the courts and that he can strike a deal to deliver "good health care in this country," according to an interview published Friday. Published February 1, 2019

In this Oct. 26, 2018, photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks about proposed reforms to Medicare Part B drug pricing policies at the Brookings Institute in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

HHS takes bold drug-rebate plan on the road

Health Secretary Alex Azar on Friday challenged Congress to prove it is serious about prescription prices by writing into law President Trump's proposal to upend the Byzantine drug-rebate system, saying there is no need to wait for regulations to take hold by 2020. Published February 1, 2019

Vice President Mike Pence, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks to Drug Enforcement Administration employees at their headquarters in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mike Pence makes case for border wall in speech at DEA

Vice President Mike Pence drew a straight line Thursday between federal efforts to intercept drugs along the U.S.-Mexico border and President Trump's demands for wall funding from Capitol Hill. Published January 31, 2019

In this Jan. 17, 2019, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the California Legislative Black Caucus Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California blames drop in new Obamacare enrollees on gutted mandate

California signed up roughly the same amount of Obamacare customers for 2019 as it did last year, officials said Wednesday, though they blamed a sharp drop in new enrollees on the GOP's decision to gut the "individual mandate" to hold insurance. Published January 30, 2019

Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, questions Attorney General nominee William Barr during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Congress decries soaring drug prices, pledges solutions

Congressional committee chairmen from both parties said Tuesday they'll force pharmaceutical companies to publicly prove they need to charge high prices for popular drugs such as insulin, as they warned life-saving medicine is slipping out of reach for many Americans. Published January 29, 2019

Members of unions, federal workers and contractors hold a rally to end the partial shutdown of the federal government at Airport Circle in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., on Friday Jan 25, 2019. (Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

Government shutdown recovery may take years

President Trump's decision to temporarily reopen the government with Congress may be good news for Washington, but federal employees and businesses say they'll be picking up the pieces from the longest shutdown in U.S. history for quite a while. Published January 27, 2019