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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2023. Even for a nation that has perfected the provocative, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s declaration that he would abandon the existential goal of reconciling with rival South Korea was a shock. But a closer look shows it’s the almost inevitable culmination of years of building tension. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.S. on guard vs. Kim Jong-un’s aggressive tilt

The White House on Tuesday said it's watching North Korea "very, very closely" as dictator Kim Jong-un cozies up to Russia, axes talk of reconciliation with South Korea and seems to prepare for military action. Published January 23, 2024

Former President Donald Trump, center right, stands with his wife Melania, second left, their son Barron, center left, and father-in-law Viktor Knavs, as the coffin carrying the remains of Amalija Knavs, the former first lady's mother, is carried into The Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea for her funeral, in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump attends mother-in-law’s funeral in Fla. while N.Y. trial resumes

An attorney for ex-President Donald Trump finished her cross-examination of E. Jean Carroll, the columnist who alleges Mr. Trump raped her in 1996, on Thursday while the GOP front-runner attended his mother-in-law's funeral in Florida instead of watching testimony in New York. Published January 18, 2024

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump appears at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Judge threatens to eject Trump over verbal shots in New York’s Carroll trial

A New York judge warned Donald Trump he might boot him from his courtroom Wednesday after the former president verbally interjected as columnist E. Jean Carroll testified he raped her in a department store in 1996 and ruined her reputation when she went public with the claim. Published January 17, 2024

A full moon is seen behind the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher, are prepared for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for launch, at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. On Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, NASA said astronauts will have to wait until 2025 before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it. (Cory Huston/NASA via AP)

NASA upbeat about 2026 trip to moon despite safety, cost issues

The U.S. is committed to landing astronauts on the moon for the first time in a half-century and reaching Mars, but must get a handle on safety and cost before launching the next phase of its Artemis program, NASA told Congress on Wednesday. Published January 17, 2024

People carry anti-Trump signs outside federal court, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, the venue for the E. Jean Carroll's case against Donald Trump to determine how much more he owes the writer for denying that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and accusing her of lying about her claims. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Fresh off huge Iowa win, Trump shifts to courtroom for Carroll trial

Columnist E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump got underway Tuesday, just hours after GOP voters brushed off the ex-president's legal woes and delivered him a major victory in Iowa's presidential caucuses. Published January 16, 2024