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Lauren Toms

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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

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Sberbank Chairman German Gref via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin: U.S. coronavirus response hurt by politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said Russia has seen minimal losses from the COVID-19 pandemic and has handled the situation better than the U.S. -- which he says has been distracted by political priorities.

June 14, 2020
In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016m file photo, Iraqi soldiers participate in a training exercise with American and Spanish trainers, which includes live ammunition, at Basmaya base, 40 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

U.S. pledges to draw down troop presence in Iraq

Iraq and the U.S. on Friday confirmed their commitment to continue drawing down the number of American forces from Iraq and maintain discussions about the future of the Washington-Baghdad relationship.

June 12, 2020
U.S. Central Command Commander Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie speaks, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at a joint press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie fears Taliban won’t live up to peace deal

The top U.S. commander in the Middle East expressed skepticism Wednesday that Afghanistan's Taliban leaders will honor a landmark peace agreement with the U.S. brokered earlier this year, and that American troops should remain in the country until they do.

June 10, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing at the State Department on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. reopens consulate in Greenland amid race for Arctic supremacy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally announced the reopening of the U.S. consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Wednesday, framing the development as a strategic move within the Trump administration's ongoing push to expand America's presence and influence in the Arctic region.

June 10, 2020
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, arrives at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017, to meet with Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Russia says it won’t push China to join talks to save New START

One of the Kremlin's top diplomats confirmed Tuesday that U.S. and Russian diplomats will meet later this month on the future of the expiring New START arms control deal, but poured cold water on the Trump administration's hopes of forcing China to join the bilateral pact.

June 9, 2020