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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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In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gives her victory speech at a Democratic election watch party in Boston. Even before they announce their White House intentions, New Hampshire’s ambitious neighbors are in the midst of a shadow campaign to shape the nation’s first presidential primary election of the 2020 season. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Elizabeth Warren: U.S. gov’t ought to make generic drugs

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday became the latest 2020 presidential contender to target soaring prescription costs, saying the U.S. government should act as a generic-drug manufacturer to force down prices. Published December 18, 2018

The HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington on Dec. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) ** FILE **

Obamacare fans ramp up defense of law after ruling

Obamacare supporters are shoring up their defenses after a federal judge decided to strike the law, launching an ad campaign Tuesday as blue-state attorneys set the stage for a swift appeal. Published December 18, 2018

A federal judge's ruling that the Obama health care law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans. (Associated Press/File)

Obamacare ruling sets up health care fight

President Trump says a federal judge's decision to strike Obamacare in its entirety is an early Christmas gift that clears the decks for a health care plan in the new year. Published December 16, 2018

This Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, file photo shows HealthCare.gov website on a computer screen in New York. The sign-up period for next year’s individual health insurance coverage runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15. Picking a plan can initially involve several trips to websites like healthcare.gov just to understand the options. Shoppers who want to stick with the same plan must scrutinize it for changes. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Trump admin.: You can still shop on HealthCare.gov

The Trump administration is reminding Americans they can still sign up for Obamacare coverage even though a federal judge said Congress invalidated the law by striking its mandate to hold insurance, starting in 2019. Published December 15, 2018

President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obamacare spiked by federal judge in Texas

Obamacare is fatally flawed and should be considered null and void, a federal judge said Friday in a bombshell ruling that sides with state Republicans who argue the GOP-led Congress' decision to gut the "individual mandate" penalty for going uninsured makes the rest of the program invalid. Published December 14, 2018

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., listens during questioning of Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz during a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing examining Horowitz's report of the FBI's Clinton email probe, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

GOP investigators question need for fetal-tissue research

President Trump's biggest GOP allies pushed Thursday to discontinue the use of fetal tissue in taxpayer-funded research, saying its benefits are overblown, it offends their constituents and good alternatives seem to exist. Published December 13, 2018

This Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, file photo shows HealthCare.gov website on a computer screen in New York. The sign-up period for next year’s individual health insurance coverage runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15. Picking a plan can initially involve several trips to websites like healthcare.gov just to understand the options. Shoppers who want to stick with the same plan must scrutinize it for changes. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

HealthCare.gov signups 500K behind last year’s pace

Roughly 500,000 fewer people have selected coverage on the main Obamacare website than at this point last year, the administration reported Wednesday, meaning sign-ups continue to lag heading into the final days of 2019 enrollment. Published December 12, 2018

In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo, used needles sit in a container inside the Baltimore City Health Department's Needle Exchange Team van in Baltimore. The overdose-reversal drug is a critical tool to easing America’s coast-to-coast opioid epidemic. But not everyone on the front lines has all they need. Baltimore’s health department is rationing its supplies of naloxone because it says it can’t afford an adequate stockpile. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Naloxone maker rolls out cheaper generic, after pricing outcry

A Virginia drugmaker said Wednesday that it will roll out a far cheaper, generic version of its overdose-reversing naloxone, one month after Senate investigators accused the company of capitalizing on the U.S. opioid epidemic by dramatically hiking its price. Published December 12, 2018

Rep. Kevin Brady, the outgoing House Ways and Means Committee chairman, said restoring the old law would mean a "huge tax cut for the wealthy." (Associated Press/File)

Kevin Brady calls for delaying some Obamacare-related taxes

A top House Republican on Monday proposed new delays on some of Obamacare's remaining taxes, hoping to harness bipartisan antipathy to the levies to sweeten a broader package of tax tweaks he has been trying to get passed. Published December 10, 2018

FILE - This April 23, 2008, file photo, shows the Altria Group Inc. corporate headquarters in Richmond, Va. The potential entry of one of the world’s largest tobacco companies into the marijuana business is sending the shares of Cronos group rocketing this morning. Cronos is a Canadian cannabis company, which confirmed late Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, that it is in talks with Altria group about a possible investment. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Marlboro maker invests $1.8 billion in pot, pivots away from vaping

Marlboro cigarette maker Altria on Friday said it's investing nearly $2 billion in a Canadian cannabis company and pivoting away from its e-cigarette business, which faces new regulatory hurdles and has struggled for market share against major players like JUUL. Published December 7, 2018

In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 and made available Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, health workers move a patient to a hospital after he was cleared of having Ebola inside of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, Congo. Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is now the second largest in history, behind the devastating West Africa outbreak that killed thousands a few years ago, according to the World Health Organization. (John Wessels/Medecins Sans Frontieres via AP)

Women facing brunt of Ebola outbreak in DRC

Global responders say the unfolding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is having an outsized impact on women and children, due in part to their societal roles and the transmission of the disease among families. Published December 7, 2018

In this May 22, 2013, file photo, Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Lynch is pressing U.S. tech companies like Apple and Google to be more upfront with users about their privacy policies. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Stephen Lynch reverses, backs Nancy Pelosi for speaker

Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts on Friday became the latest Democrat to rally behind Rep. Nancy Pelosi after vowing to oppose her, saying she convinced him the caucus will work to bring working-class voters who flocked to President Trump in 2016 back into their tent. Published December 7, 2018

In this Feb. 7, 2018, file photo, a nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

4 in 10 don’t plan to get flu shot: Survey

Roughly four in 10 Americans say they haven't gotten a flu shot and don't plan to, despite the federal government's push to avoid another brutal influenza season this winter, the University of Chicago reported Wednesday in a survey. Published December 5, 2018