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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

In this Feb. 14, 2015, file photo, Edward Snowden appears on a live video feed broadcast from Moscow at an event sponsored by ACLU Hawaii in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

Justice Department sues Edward Snowden over release of new book

The U.S. filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday against fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden for publishing a book that the Justice Department says violates a non-disclosure agreement he signed with his former employers at the CIA and the National Security Agency.

September 17, 2019
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Albuquerque, N.M. for a campaign rally, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Iran likely behind Saudi Arabia oil attacks, Donald Trump says

President Trump said Monday it was "certainly looking" like Iran was behind a weekend attack on one of the world's largest oil reserves in Saudi Arabia, but he added that he wasn't itching for war and was seeking definitive proof of who ordered the strikes.

September 16, 2019
Smoke from a fire at the Abqaiq oil processing facility fills the skyline, in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. (Al-Arabiya via AP, File)

Trump: ‘Would certainly look’ like Iran launched oil attack

President Trump said Monday it is "certainly looking" like Iran was behind a weekend attack on one of the world's largest oil reserves in Saudi Arabia, though said he isn't itching for war and needs definitive proof of who ordered the strikes.

September 16, 2019
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., with ranking member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., right, questions Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense nominee Mark Esper during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

James Inhofe: ‘Take ‘risks’ to pass defense policy bill

The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is calling on lawmakers to "take risks" to fund modernization efforts within the military as the House and Senate brace for negotiations for the annual defense policy bill.

September 16, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks at the 2019 House Republican Conference Member Retreat Dinner in Baltimore, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Donald Trump: U.S. would tap into Strategic Petroleum Reserve ‘if needed’

President Trump on Sunday said there is "reason to believe" the U.S. has intelligence on who conducted the Saturday drone bombings that hit one of the world's largest oil reserves and a key oil field in Saudi Arabia, and that the U.S. is "locked and loaded depending on verification" of who launched the attacks.

September 15, 2019
In this Aug. 23, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Air Force to review lodging rules amid Trump property flap

The Air Force is calling for a wide-ranging review of housing policies for personnel operating around the world in the wake of multiple reports that crew members have stayed at Trump properties during overnight refueling stops.

September 10, 2019
"In my view, it's not an overstatement to say that we're at another Sputnik moment," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph F. Dunford Jr. said (center.) "You could argue that the stakes are much higher than they were in the late 1950s and early 1960s." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

United States Space Command formally relaunched by Pentagon

America is facing another "Sputnik moment" as it tries to match the mounting military challenge in space from rivals such as Russia and China, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. said Monday as the Pentagon formally relaunched the United States Space Command.

September 9, 2019
FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump targeted singer John Legend and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen following an MSNBC special on criminal justice reform which Legend appeared on. In a series of tweets late Sunday, Sept. 8 and early Monday, Sept. 9 Trump felt he wasn’t getting credit for a law he signed in late December that, among other things, reduces mandatory minimum sentences in some cases. Trump called Legend “boring” and said Teigen was “filthy mouthed.” He criticized them for not playing a role in the reform. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File )

Swedes veto ‘Trump’ vanity license plate

President Trump -- or at least his last name -- appears to be attracting negative attention once again in Sweden after officials said they rejected the application of a man who requested a vanity license plate that read "TRUMP."

September 9, 2019