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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.

In this photo taken Oct. 3, 2104, Health and Human Services Department forms listing the kinds of documentation people need are seen in Washington. It’s the most unpopular provision in President Barack Obama’s health care law: millions of Americans who didn’t get health insurance this year now risk fines from the Internal Revenue Service. But it turns out that half or more of them may be eligible for waivers. At least on paper. Community groups and tax preparation companies say the process for claiming exemptions looks really convoluted. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Despite boon to the uninsured, Obamacare still decried

Americans are more likely to say Obamacare is hurting them than helping them, even as the law appears to have cut the uninsured rate by nearly 4 percentage points, according to Gallup data released Wednesday. Published October 8, 2014

A man pushes a shopping cart outside of a Walmart store that boarded its entrance and closed early in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, as the area prepares for Hurricane Iselle. Hurricane Iselle is expected to arrive on the Big Island on Thursday evening, bringing heavy rains, winds gusting up to 85 mph and flooding in some areas. Weather officials changed their outlook on the system Wednesday after seeing it get a little stronger, giving it enough oomph to stay a hurricane as it reaches landfall. (AP Photo/Chris Stewart)

Wal-Mart will drop health coverage for some part-timers as of Jan. 1

Wal-Mart announced Tuesday it will no longer provide health insurance to some of its part-time workers as of Jan. 1, following in the footsteps of other big retailers who dropped coverage, citing rising costs and new options outside of the workplace. Published October 7, 2014

Kentucky Democratic senatorial candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes. (Associated Press)

Activists take on Alison Lundergan Grimes’ coal stance with ‘tracking’ video

Activists targeted Senate challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes on Monday with an undercover video in which her own supporters veer way off message on coal, a digital-age doozy that complicates the Kentucky Democrat's bid against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and reveals a new level of campaign "tracking" that lets the cameraman join the action. Published October 6, 2014

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Patient at Maryland hospital has malaria, not Ebola

A hospital just outside of Washington said late Friday the patient it admitted with Ebola-like symptoms has malaria, and not the deadly virus that has ravaged West Africa and a patient who tested positive in the Dallas area. Published October 4, 2014

A hazardous material cleaner arrives at the apartment complex in Dallas, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas stayed last week. The crew is expected to remove items including towels and bed sheets used by Duncan, who is being treated at an isolation unit at a Dallas hospital. The family living there has been confined under armed guard while being monitored by health officials. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Obama administration attempts to quell fears about Ebola

The Obama administration sought Friday to tamp down fears of an Ebola outbreak within the U.S., making the case that America's infrastructure and health care systems set it apart from the horrific scenes coming out of West Africa, even as a confirmed case in Dallas and recent scares in the nation's capital prompt fears of a domestic problem. Published October 3, 2014

Hazardous material cleaners prepare to hang black plastic outside the apartment in Dallas, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas stayed last week. The family living there has been confined under armed guard while being monitored by health officials. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Hazmat crews arrive at Dallas apartment for Ebola cleanup

Clean-up crews have arrived at the Dallas apartment where four family members are holed up because the Liberian national diagnosed with Ebola stayed there for days and sweated feverishly into bedsheets. Published October 3, 2014

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2014, file photo, a Nigerian health official wearing a protective suit waits to screen passengers for the Ebola virus at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. Six months into the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, scientists say they’ve learned more about how the potentially lethal virus behaves and how future outbreaks might be stopped. The first cases of Ebola were reported in Guinea by the World Health Organization on March 23 before spreading to Sierra Leone, Liberia and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Ebola fears prompt calls for travel restrictions between U.S., West Africa

The first case of Ebola diagnosed within the U.S. is prompting calls for heavy travel restrictions between the U.S. and those West African countries hardest hit by the outbreak — and one advocate is even warning against the possibility of "Ebola tourism" by patients seeking better care here. Published October 2, 2014

Representatives of the North Texas Food Bank deliver food items to a unit at The Ivy Apartments Complex, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, in Dallas. Dallas County officials have ordered family members who had contact with the patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus to stay inside their home. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas officials: Quarantining family of Ebola patient justified

Texas officials said Thursday their decision to order family members of the Ebola patient in Dallas to remain in their apartment for three weeks was justified, after the relatives were "non-compliant" with earlier requests to stay put. Published October 2, 2014