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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.

Customers walk to a Hobby Lobby store in Oklahoma City, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that employers can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women. The Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and-crafts stores is by far the largest employer of any company that has gone to court to fight the birth control provision. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Democrats eye Hobby Lobby defeat as a weapon on the campaign trail

Democrats are hoping to turn a high-profile Obamacare loss before the Supreme Court into a political win ahead of November midterms, urging donors and women voters to help them reverse the decision to let closely held corporations duck a White House mandate to cover birth control as part of company health plans. Published July 1, 2014

Keith Saunders, left, a certified Cover California insurance agent, explains a health insurance plan to Mark Tammes at a registration site hosted by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers, Monday, March 31, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ** FILE **

IG: Obamacare markets foul up eligibility and verification parts of applications

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday seized on audits that suggest Obamacare's new health exchanges are ill-equipped to verify applicants' identities and eligibility for government subsidies — findings that breathe new life into fears the Web-based program is not secure and cannot function properly. Published July 1, 2014

**FILE** A container for birth-control pills designed to look like a woman's compact is displayed. (Associated Press)

Conservatives to Obama White House: Pay for contraceptives yourself

Conservatives took a victory lap Tuesday, celebrating a Supreme Court decision one day prior that called on the Obama administration to find ways to insure birth control without forcing closely held corporations to do it in their health plans. Published July 1, 2014

In this April 20, 2012, file photo, Holly Ann Haley, 4, gets two vaccinations at the doctor's office in Berlin, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Medical review: Yes, childhood vaccines are safe

A published review of 20,000 scientific studies on childhood vaccines concludes they are safe — period — and should be obtained to prevent deadly diseases. Published July 1, 2014

** FILE ** In this Wednesday Jan. 22, 2014, file photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends a budget committee at City Hall in Toronto. Rob Ford's lawyer said on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, that Ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn, File)

Toronto’s Rob Ford returns to work ‘a new man’

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will return to work Monday as "a new man" — at least according to his brother-turned campaign manager — after a two-month break to deal with lifestyle issues that rocketed him to fame for all the wrong reasons. Published June 30, 2014

** FILE ** This June 18, 2014, file photo shows acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson speaking in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Paperwork issues at N.Y. offices reveal more bad news for VA

Staff at Veterans' Affairs offices in New York failed to accurately process nearly a third of disability claims examined by the department's Inspector General, a report that casts an even hotter spotlight on problems at the VA. Published June 30, 2014

** FILE ** This Oct. 5, 2011, photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, shows Vice Adm. Michael Rogers. (AP Photo.U.S. Navy)

New NSA director says Snowden leaks are manageable: report

The new director of the National Security Agency says the damage done by famed leaker Edward Snowden is manageable and does not lead him to think the "sky is falling," even if some terrorist groups have tweaked their communication strategies, The New York Times said. Published June 30, 2014