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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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In this April 2, 2018, file photo, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is interviewed on Cheddar on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) **FILE**

Donald Trump mocks ‘Wacky’ Tom Steyer despite calls for calmer tone

President Trump showed no signs of pulling back on his strident political attacks Sunday, despite pleas to do so after a week of real and potential violence. On Twitter, he labeled liberal California donor Tom Steyer as being "wacky" and unstable in a CNN interview Sunday morning. Published October 28, 2018

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks in front of a newly fortified border wall structure Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Calexico, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Kirstjen Nielsen says migrant caravan ‘not getting in’

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday said the migrant caravan marching through Mexico to the U.S. is "not getting in." "There a legal way to get into this country. Those who choose to enter illegally will be stopped," Ms. Nielsen told Fox News Sunday. Published October 28, 2018

Police officers walk outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting yesterday in Pittsburgh, early Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims identified

The gunman who opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killed eight men and three women, including a 97-year-old, and made statements "regarding genocide and his desire to kill Jewish people," authorities said Sunday. Published October 28, 2018

In this Oct. 24, 2018, file photo President Donald Trump arrives the White House in Washington from a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Trump meddling nudged Obamacare rates higher: Study

President Trump's fiddling with Obamacare will cause premiums for mid-tier health plans to be 16 percent higher than they would have been if he'd left the program alone, a nonpartisan study said Friday. Published October 26, 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 reactivates Obamacare tool after breach

The Trump administration said Friday it's reactivated an Obamacare signup tool for insurance agents and brokers after a cyber breach exposed 75,000 individuals' private files. Published October 26, 2018

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma speaks to reporters Thursday, March 29, 2018, during a visit to the Center for Medical Interoperability in Nashville. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Trump admin. loosens up Obamacare waiver rules

States looking to get around Obamacare's strictures will soon be able to use federal money to help people buy cheaper, skimpier plans, so long as they don't also eliminate plans that met Obamacare's earlier requirements, the Trump administration said Monday. Published October 22, 2018

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

Trump admin. discloses breach on Obamacare broker tool

The Trump administration said Friday it is probing a data breach in which rogue actors accessed 75,000 individuals' files with a web tool agents and brokers use to help people enroll in Obamacare. Published October 19, 2018

This 2011 file photo provided by Wilmot Chayee shows Thomas Eric Duncan at a wedding in Ghana. Thirty-eight days after Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola in a local hospital where he died Oct. 8, Dallas calmly marked the end of its Ebola crisis on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, when the last of the 177 people who were being monitored for symptoms of the deadly virus were to be cleared at midnight. (AP Photo/Wilmot Chayee, File)

HHS IG: Hospitals better prepared for Ebola after 2014 outbreak

Far more U.S. hospitals are prepared to deal with Ebola than they were in 2014, when a raging outbreak in West Africa stress-tested the American health system and forced the federal government to rewrite its guidelines for dealing with infectious diseases, a government watchdog said Friday. Published October 19, 2018

In this July 16, 2018, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Chuck Schumer: Voters see through Donald Trump’s talk on health care

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Friday he's counting on voters to see through President Trump's rhetoric on protections for people with preexisting conditions, arguing Mr. Trump's policy foibles and hands-off approach to a lawsuit that threatens Obamacare belies his claims of "total support" for measures that shield the sick. Published October 19, 2018

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, right, gestures during a press conference along with Virginia Secretary of Health, Daniel Carey, in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Northam announced a key approval in the medicaid expansion process that will allow Virginia to begin accepting applications for expanded health coverage. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ralph Northam: Medicaid expansion signups to begin Nov. 1

Virginia's decision to expand Medicaid under Obamacare will make its first big splash on Nov. 1, when newly eligible people can begin enrolling in coverage that takes effect on New Year's Day, Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday. Published October 18, 2018