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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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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, following a meeting with President Donald Trump inside. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Paul Ryan downplays divisions over health plan

Conservatives openly rebelled Tuesday over Republican leaders' Obamacare plans, saying voters don't want Congress to replace President Obama's costly entitlement program with a massive GOP version. Published February 28, 2017

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brad said Republicans are working hard on a plan to improve the nation's health care system, and "I'm confident the House will move forward with legislation to do just that in March." (Associated Press)

Republicans face Obamacare popularity, time crunch for repeal plan

Congressional Republicans who spent seven years promising to repeal Obamacare now face a do-or-die stretch on Capitol Hill, hoping to build unity and take the first steps to repeal the health care law before they break for Easter. Published February 26, 2017

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. voters split over NAFTA’s impact: Gallup poll

President Trump has called NAFTA the "worst trade deal in history," but a poll released Friday says U.S. voters are deeply divided on whether it's been good for the nation. Published February 24, 2017

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Murkowski, a Republican and Alaska's senior U.S. senator, spoke to reporters after delivering her annual address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Lisa Murkowski won’t vote to scrap Medicaid expansion if Alaska wants it

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she will not vote to repeal Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid so long as state lawmakers in Alaska want to keep it, a bold stance that underscores the challenge before GOP leaders who want to dismantle the 2010 health law and phase out its vast expansion of government insurance for the poor. Published February 23, 2017

Cleone Hermsen expresses her concern at a meeting with Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa Republican. (Associated Press)

Anti-Obamacare ads aim to boost Republicans

Republican-aligned groups poured millions of dollars into ad campaigns Wednesday urging Congress to gut and replace Obamacare, hoping to remind voters why they disliked the health care law and to stiffen spines among wavering Republicans on Capitol Hill. Published February 22, 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Support for Obamacare repeal has dipped since Donald Trump took office: Poll

The share of voters who want Congress to fully or partially scrap Obamacare has dipped noticeably since January, according to a poll released Wednesday that finds zeal for repeal is waning even as President Trump and congressional Republicans craft plans to gut and replace the law with market-oriented reforms. Published February 22, 2017

Republicans say instability in the Obamacare marketplace has left them no choice but to prop up the 2010 Affordable Care Act before killing it so there isn't more chaos during the transfer to a replacement sytem. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump proposes ways to ‘stabilize’ Obamacare market, pending repeal

The Trump administration called for cutting Obamacare's next enrollment period in half as it took the first steps Wednesday to "stabilize" the health insurance marketplace, trying to give insurers some certainty even as Republicans try to figure out a repeal-and-replace strategy. Published February 15, 2017

Sami Jamaleddine, left, signs up for health insurance offered under the Affordable Care Act with insurance agent Michael Khoury, right, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Miami. The enrollment period for the federal health care law known as "Obamacare" ends at the end of the day Tuesday. The Republican-lead Senate has passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Humana latest insurer to exit Obamacare exchanges

Humana, a major health insurer, said Tuesday that it will pull out of the Obamacare marketplace after this year, delivering yet another blow to a program that was already on life support. Published February 14, 2017

Rep. Raul R. Labrador, Idaho Republican, and several colleagues want to know how often Americans' information is scooped up and examined in a process that is supposed to be targeted at foreigners. (Associated Press/File)

Conservatives to GOP leaders: Revive 2015 Obamacare repeal bill now

Conservatives in the House said Tuesday that the GOP needs to move faster in repealing Obamacare, saying governors who counted on the health law to expand Medicaid are out of luck unless Congress crafts a fairer deal for everyone. Published February 14, 2017

A huge Utah crowd greeted Rep. Jason Chaffetz with boos late Thursday, even as he touted his criticism of Kellyanne Conway, the White House adviser who may have flouted ethics rules by endorsing the fashion line of presidential daughter Ivanka Trump. (Associated Press)

Obamacare town halls used by liberals to fight repeal

Eight years after the tea party turned town hall meetings on Obamacare into hands-on melees, liberals furious with President Trump are flipping the script by shouting down Republicans who have struggled to outline better health care plans. Published February 12, 2017