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Lauren Toms

lmeier@washingtontimes.com

Lauren Toms is a national security reporter for The Washington Times, covering national security committees on Capitol Hill, foreign affairs, defense, and diplomacy. She began covering politics at CNN during the 2016 presidential election, working closely with the national security and justice teams, and later joined Axios as an editor specializing in international and military coverage.
Lauren holds a master's degree in U.S. law from Washington University in St. Louis school of law, and a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications from the George Washington University school of media and public affairs. She can be reached at ltoms@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Lauren Toms

Dr. Joseph Varon, right, talks with patient Jose Tellez inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Cases of COVID-19 are rising in Southern cities like Houston and leaving hospitals at a crisis point. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

13 million COVID-19 cases reported globally

There have been more than 13 million cases of COVID-19 reported around the world as of Tuesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.

July 14, 2020
Defense Secretary Mark Esper testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, July 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Pentagon investigating string of leaks

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper has launched an investigation into the source of classified information to the media, pointing to a series of "bad leaks" that has emerged from within the Pentagon since last fall.

July 10, 2020