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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.

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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, March 17, 2020, Britain's Chancellor Rishi Sunak, left, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrive for a press briefing about the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, inside 10 Downing Street in London. With British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized and in intensive care Wednesday April 8, 2020, after contracting the new coronavirus, Sunak is among key players in Johnson's Cabinet who will be directing Britain's response to the highly contagious COVID-19 coronavirus, while their leader is being treated. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

British PM Boris Johnson remains in stable condition in ICU

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained in the intensive care unit in stable condition overnight, and continued to receive oxygen due to intensifying symptoms of COVID-19 earlier in the week, health officials said Wednesday.

April 8, 2020
Volunteer women wearing face masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus prepare face masks, in a mosque in southern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Iran is battling the worst new coronavirus outbreak in the Mideast. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Coronavirus death toll in Iran nearing 4,000, government officials say

Iran's health ministry said Tuesday the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has spiked to more than 62,000, while the death toll nears 4,000 -- but one health official has suggested that the true number of coronavirus infections is much higher than the government's count.

April 7, 2020