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Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

President Donald Trump sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va., on Dec. 15, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump: No heads-up from Sessions on Obamacare position

Two months after oral arguments, a federal judge hasn't said whether a Republican tweak to Obamacare should stop the entire program in its tracks, pushing an explosive fight over the law beyond the midterms and forcing voters to decide which party can be trusted to balance protections for pre-existing conditions with affordable coverage.

November 5, 2018
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel shown in an undated file photo from 2018.  (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ronna McDaniel says Republicans can keep House

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Sunday said she's "absolutely not" resigned to losing the House on Election Day, saying candidates have a winning message despite a surge of enthusiasm among Democrats and President Trump's suggestion he'll "figure it out" if his rivals take the chamber.

November 4, 2018
In this May 20, 2018, file photo, Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp participates in a debate in Atlanta. (Associated Press)

Brian Kemp opens ‘cyber crimes’ probe into Georgia Democrats

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican locked in a tough race for governor, has opened an investigation into the Democratic Party of Georgia, citing "possible cyber crimes" after it detected a failed attempt to hack voter-registration systems.

November 4, 2018
Emergency vehicles block off the area around the McAnulty Acres apartment complex as authorities continue their investigation of a shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue where multiple people were killed on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 in Baldwin, Pa., a suburb south of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Pipe bombs, synagogue shooting result of heated rhetoric

Moments after President Trump called for an end to the politics of personal destruction at a rally in North Carolina late Friday, the crowd broke into the president's trademark Hillary Clinton chant: "Lock her up!"

October 28, 2018
A mourner knelt before a makeshift memorial at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Robert Bowers, Pittsburgh gunman, wanted ‘all Jews to die’

The gunman who opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday killed a 97-year-old woman and 10 others while shouting about genocide and "his desire to kill Jewish people," authorities reported Sunday, as city officials vowed to triumph over anyone who divides their denizens based on how they pray.

October 28, 2018
In this April 2, 2018, file photo, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is interviewed on Cheddar on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) **FILE**

Donald Trump mocks ‘Wacky’ Tom Steyer despite calls for calmer tone

President Trump showed no signs of pulling back on his strident political attacks Sunday, despite pleas to do so after a week of real and potential violence. On Twitter, he labeled liberal California donor Tom Steyer as being "wacky" and unstable in a CNN interview Sunday morning.

October 28, 2018
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks in front of a newly fortified border wall structure Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Calexico, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Kirstjen Nielsen says migrant caravan ‘not getting in’

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday said the migrant caravan marching through Mexico to the U.S. is "not getting in." "There a legal way to get into this country. Those who choose to enter illegally will be stopped," Ms. Nielsen told Fox News Sunday.

October 28, 2018