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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.

"What you had is a, I think, a message from the voters to the Republicans that you've got to stop the chaos and you've got to get more in tune and stop alienating people and try to figure out how do families do better," Ohio Gov. John Kasich told NBC's Meet the Press. (Associated Press)

John Kasich says GOP needs unifying message, less chaos

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Sunday said the GOP needs to find a unifying message to tamp down the "chaotic environment" that seems to dominate political discourse today, citing a narrow victory for Republican Troy Balderson in a special congressional election that should have been a slam dunk for his party. Published August 12, 2018

Albuquerque officer Ryan Holets holds his newly adopted daughter, Hope, after being recognized by the city of Albuquerque on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. In September, Holets convinced a pregnant woman he found using heroin to let him adopt her unborn child. That baby, Hope, is now recovering for being born with an addiction. Holets and his wife have four other children. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras) ** FILE **

CDC: Share of opioid-addicted women giving birth spiked with crisis

The share of pregnant women who gave birth while hooked on opioids more than quadrupled as the U.S. addiction crisis exploded, the government said Thursday in the first multistate analysis of the epidemic's potential impact on newborns and their moms. Published August 9, 2018

In this Dec. 16, 2016 file photo, Puerto Rico resident Michelle Flandez caresses her two-month-old son Inti Perez, diagnosed with microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. In the first long-term look at what happened to children of U.S. mothers who were infected with Zika during pregnancy, one in seven developed some kind of health problem _ranging from birth defects to conditions that became apparent only later. Health officials released the findings Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

One in 7 babies exposed to Zika face health problems: CDC

One in seven babies born to Zika-infected mothers in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories had some form of defect or developed a neurological problem, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. Published August 7, 2018

A Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows 53 percent of Americans support a national health care plan. Still, 47 percent said they would be able to keep their current health insurance arrangement under single-payer, which would probably not be the case.

Health care heats up election debate

Eight years and five election cycles after the 2010 Affordable Care Act's passage, health care remains a powerful political issue -- and neither Republicans' push for skimpier, cheaper options nor Democrats' demand for more robust and costly coverage has prevailed. Published July 29, 2018

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo attends the ceremony marking Billy Joel's 100th performance at New York's Madison Square Garden, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

Dozen blue states sue over Donald Trump’s ‘association plans’

Democrats in a dozen states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging President Trump's decision to let small employers and self-employed people pool together and buy health plans that are cheaper and cover fewer benefits than what Obamacare dictates. Published July 26, 2018

In this Feb. 11, 2009, file photo, a shopper looks over the milk aisle at the Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, Vt. Soy and almond drinks don’t come from cows, so regulators may soon ask them to stop calling themselves “milk.” The Food and Drug Administration signaled plans to start enforcing a federal standard that defines “milk” as coming from the “milking of one or more healthy cows.” That would mark a change for the agency, which has not aggressively gone after the proliferation of plant-based drinks labeled as “milk.” (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

FDA wants to clarify what’s ‘milk’ and what’s not

Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb drew chuckles this month when he hinted at a crackdown on products that call themselves "milk" but aren't drawn from an animal, quipping: "An almond doesn't lactate, I will confess." Published July 26, 2018

"It's so counterintuitive to think that paying out of pocket is going to be cheaper than using your insurance," Sen. Susan Collins said. "Using your debit card is going to be cheaper than using your insurance card?" (Associated Press)

Susan Collins writes bill to ban gag clauses at pharmacy

Sen. Susan Collins was astonished to learn that some pharmacists are "gagged" from being able to tell customers they can save money by paying cash for their prescriptions, instead of relying on their insurance and making the co-payment. Published July 25, 2018

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on prescription drug pricing, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Majority says Donald Trump on the hook for Obamacare’s problems: Poll

Nearly six in 10 Americans say President Trump and his GOP allies are responsible for Obamacare-related problems because they've made changes to the law, according to a poll released Wednesday that frames the public's view on looming political battles. Published July 25, 2018

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. speaks on May 29, 2018, at the Capitol in Phoenix. Sinema has come a long way from her days as a green party activist as she seeks to become the first Democrat to represent Arizona in the Senate in 30 years. (AP Photo/Matt York)

House votes to repeal medical device tax

The House voted Tuesday to repeal Obamacare's tax on medical device sales, part of a weeklong GOP effort to reel in health costs and blunt Democrats' sharpest critique ahead of the midterm elections. Published July 24, 2018

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, May 31, 2018, Congolese health officials prepare to disinfect people and buildings at the general referral hospital in Mbandaka, Congo. Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga on Tuesday July 24, 2018, declared the end of the country's latest deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus, after a 42-day observation period with no new confirmed cases recorded. (AP Photo/John Bompengo, FILE)

WHO: Ebola outbreak in the Congo is over

An Ebola outbreak that sparked fears of another global health crisis and a rapid response to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been successfully contained, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Published July 24, 2018