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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.

A woman rides a scooter past a graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hamas, Israel say Biden out of touch with premature cease-fire talk

President Biden has finally managed to unite Israel and Hamas on one point -- both sides say Mr. Biden's prediction of an imminent cease-fire and prisoner-swap deal is wildly optimistic and out of touch with the realities on the ground. Published February 27, 2024

A container with frozen embryos and sperm stored in liquid nitrogen is removed at a fertility clinic in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments. The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

DNC runs billboards tying Trump to Alabama’s IVF upheaval

The Democratic National Committee is placing in eight swing states 40 billboards that tie former President Donald Trump's appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court to an Alabama ruling that upended in vitro fertilization there. Published February 27, 2024

Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel arrives on stage before House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at an event on Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. McDaniel says she will leave her post on March 8. She's leaving the GOP’s national leadership as Donald Trump moves toward another presidential nomination and asserts new control over the party. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Ronna McDaniel will step down as RNC chair on March 8

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said Monday she will step down in March as former President Donald Trump coasts toward the presidential nomination and shapes the organization to his liking. Published February 26, 2024

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis takes the stand during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. (Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP)

Willis-Wade testimony doubted, thanks to cellphone records

Newly uncovered cellphone records show special prosecutor Nathan Wade visited the Atlanta-area neighborhood where District Attorney Fani Willis lived nearly three dozen times before he was hired by her office in 2021 to work on the election subversion investigation of former President Donald Trump. Published February 23, 2024

In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 photo, containers holding frozen embryos and sperm are stored in liquid nitrogen at a fertility clinic in Fort Myers, Fla. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments. The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Biden condemns Alabama IVF ruling, vows to fight back

President Biden on Thursday drew a straight line between the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the broad right to abortion and a ruling in Alabama that said frozen embryos from in-vitro fertilization treatments are considered children and could be subject to wrongful death suits if destroyed. Published February 22, 2024

Technician in blue gloves does a control check of the in vitro fertilization process using a microscope. (Photo credit: bezikus via Shutterstock) **FILE**

GOP contenders grapple with in vitro’s place in abortion debate

An Alabama court ruling that says frozen embryos created by in vitro fertilization are considered children -- and could trigger wrongful death laws if they are destroyed -- is scrambling the fraught politics around abortion in the heat of an election year. Published February 22, 2024

An iPhone displaying the logo for the Rumble app, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Washington. The exclusive online livestream for the second Republican presidential debate this week will take place on Rumble, an alternative video sharing platform that has been criticized for allowing far-right extremism, bigotry, election disinformation and conspiracy theories. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

SEC clears Rumble after reports of investigation

The Securities and Exchange Commission has notified Rumble, a video platform described as a free-speech alternative to YouTube, that it cleared the company after public allegations the firm inflated user metrics. Published February 21, 2024

New graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in East Rutherford, N.J., May 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Biden emails 153,000 borrowers: Your student debt is gone

President Biden said Wednesday he is canceling $1.2 billion in student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers under the SAVE Plan he created after a separate forgiveness plan was blocked by the Supreme Court. Published February 21, 2024