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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.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Monday, March 13, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Ron Johnson)

Trump unleashes on DeSantis in Iowa stop

Former President Donald Trump used a stop in Iowa to bash Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, characterizing his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination as an enemy of Iowa ethanol and a threat to entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Published March 14, 2023

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a Coolidge and the American Project luncheon in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

White House calls Pence ‘homophobic’ over joke about Buttigieg

The White House on Monday accused former Vice President Mike Pence of being "homophobic" because he joked about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg taking paternity leave, prompting the ex-vice president's team to say the Biden administration should "spare the faux outrage" and focus on America's problems. Published March 13, 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a working lunch during the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, Dec. 15, 2022. Harris will be the latest and most high-profile administration official to visit Africa this year as the U.S. deepens its outreach to the continent. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

VP Kamala Harris to travel to African nations in late March

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to three African nations from March 25 to April 2 to strengthen U.S. partnerships and "advance our shared efforts on security and economic prosperity," the White House said Monday. Published March 13, 2023

A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The House voted unanimously Friday, March 10, 2023, to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19. The order to declassify focused on intelligence related to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, citing “potential links” between the research that was done there and the outbreak of COVID-19, which the WHO declared a pandemic in March 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Congress shows seismic shift on Wuhan lab likely causing the pandemic

A GOP bill to declassify all evidence that links a Chinese lab to the origins of the novel coronavirus breezed through Congress without a peep of dissent from Democrats, a stunning show of bipartisanship and a major step forward in the long-delayed quest to understand how the pandemic started. Published March 12, 2023

In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair "Venus" in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Trump denies affair with Stormy Daniels, rebukes prosecutors as investigation heats up

Former President Donald Trump issued a late Thursday tirade against prosecutors and Democratic rivals after New York prosecutors invited him to testify to a grand jury about his business matters, including alleged hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Published March 10, 2023