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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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This Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018 photo shows an arrangement of Oxycodone pills in New York. A study in Tennessee released on Thursday, Aug 30, 2018, found learning disabilities and other special education needs are more common in young children who were born with symptoms from their mothers' prenatal opioid use. The results bolster evidence of long-term consequences for infants caught in the nation's opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Opioid treatment expansion bill being finalized

House and Senate negotiators finalized a sweeping opioids bill late Tuesday that expands addiction treatment by expanding availability of Medicaid funding, but that leaves a bigger fight over patients' privacy and seniors' drug costs for a later day. Published September 25, 2018

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, a health worker in protective gear works at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro) ** FILE **

Rebel attack disrupts Ebola response in Africa

Aid groups said Monday they've been forced to suspend efforts to contain a new Ebola threat because of a rebel attack on a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reflecting an "increasingly worrisome" security situation amid an outbreak that has now killed 100 people. Published September 24, 2018

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. In an innovative experiment, doctors prescribed fewer opioids after learning of their patient's overdose death in a letter from a county medical examiner. More than 400 “Dear Doctor” letters, sent in 2017 in San Diego County, were part of a study that put a human face on the U.S. opioid crisis for many doctors. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Trump administration calls for compassion for opioid addicts

The Trump administration on Thursday called for a "cultural shift" in how Americans talk about opioid addiction, saying too many people are still unwilling or unable to seek treatment and urging communities to adopt new strategies to combat the overdose epidemic. Published September 20, 2018

In this May 11, 2017 file photo, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cotton's office says he's focused is on serving the people of Arkansas in the Senate. That's after reports that he might be picked to run the CIA in a major shake-up of President Donald Trump's national security team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP bill: No early release for fentanyl traffickers

Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Marsha Blackburn think some federal inmates deserve a chance at early release -- just not traffickers of fentanyl, which is fueling America's overdose crisis. Published September 20, 2018

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 file photo, Andrew Gillum and his wife, R. Jai Gillum addresses his supporters after Andrew Gillum won the Democratic primary for governor in Tallahassee, Fla. The history-making gubernatorial runs by Stacey Abrams of Georgia, Gillum of Florida and Ben Jealous of Maryland are turning them into stars nationwide and at the Congressional Black Caucus annual legislative conference. If elected, Abrams, Jealous and Gillum, would give America its largest number of black governors ever. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

Medicaid expansion on ballots across U.S. in midterm vote

Andrew Gillum, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida, says the state has left some 700,000 poor residents without health coverage by refusing to sign up for Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid. Published September 19, 2018

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bipartisan Senate group takes aim at ‘surprise’ medical bills

A bipartisan Senate group released draft legislation Tuesday to thwart "surprise" medical bills that shock patients who seek emergency care at the nearest facility or carefully select a hospital, only to confront an out-of-network doctor who bills them a ton. Published September 18, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks during meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump tasks HHS with ongoing review of biodefense

President Trump signed a memo Tuesday ordering the government to come up with better defenses against bio-attacks, saying the threat of a coordinated attack, the accidental release of lab pathogens or an outbreak of Ebola is "very real." Published September 18, 2018

In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks on the flood of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. McConnell says Republicans will review the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by the book with bipartisan interviews on the Judiciary Committee. (Senate Television via AP)

Senate passes sweeping bill to battle opioid epidemic

A Senate riven by disputes on a Supreme Court pick set aside the sniping long enough Monday to approve legislation to combat the opioid epidemic by limiting the runaway flow of addictive pills, expanding treatment and giving inspectors new tools to root out deadly fentanyl in the mail stream. Published September 17, 2018

Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican and chief sponsor of the bill, says too many Americans are overpaying because pharmacists can only divulge the cheaper option if the customer specifically asks about it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pharmacy ‘gag clauses’ ban approved by Senate

The Senate voted Monday to ban "gag clauses" that prevent pharmacists from telling customers they can save money in some cases by paying cash for their prescriptions, instead of relying on their insurance and making the co-payment. Published September 17, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kavanaugh is denying a sexual misconduct allegation from when he was in high school. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh accuser, details sexual assault allegation

A California professor revealed herself Sunday as the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of an attempted sexual assault during their high school days, prompting calls from Democrats to delay pivotal votes on the nomination but with no indication from top Republicans that they would do so. Published September 16, 2018