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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.

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a visit to a coronavirus testing center in De Montfort University, Leicester, England, in this file photo from Friday Nov. 6, 2020. Mr. Johnson on Nov. 7 sent along his congratulations to President-elect Joseph R. Biden upon news that major news organizations had called the election in his favor. (Molly Darlington/Pool via AP) **FILE**

World leaders react to Biden victory

Congratulatory messages are pouring in Saturday from around the world after major news organizations called the U.S. presidential election for Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden.

November 7, 2020
The Trump administration pulled out of the Paris climate agreement Wednesday on the day after the 2020 presidential election. The White House said Mr. Trump boosted energy production while cutting carbon emissions in lieu of the pact. (Associated PRess)

Trump quits Paris climate pact in midst of election fight

Even as he was fighting for a second term, President Trump on Wednesday fulfilled a first-term promise as the U.S. formally withdrew from the Paris climate agreement that Mr. Trump has long derided as a job-killing agreement unfair to American companies and energy producers.

November 4, 2020
FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, Senate Armed Services Chairman James Inhofe, R-Okla, questions Kenneth Braithwaite, nominated to be Secretary of the Navy, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The incumbent Republican is running for reelection. (Al Drago/Pool via AP, File)

Jim Inhofe wins reelection bid

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. James Inhofe won his reelection bid Tuesday night against Democrat Abby Broyles.

November 3, 2020
Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally campaigns at Republican Party Headquarters Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Phoenix. McSally is running against Democratic candidate Mark Kelly in the election set for tomorrow. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Veterans on ballot set to make impact in 2021

While the presidential race is the marquee match-up, Election Day will also affect the foreign policy pecking order on Capitol Hill and determine how many military veterans volunteering for service will be seated in the next Congress.

November 2, 2020
Police officers stand guard near Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. An attacker armed with a knife killed at least three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, prompting the prime minister to announce that France was raising its security alert status to the highest level. It was the third attack in two months in France amid a growing furor in the Muslim world over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that were re-published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. (Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP)

Nice, France terror attack on church fuels Islam debate

French officials were on high alert Thursday after a knife-wielding assailant shouting "Allahu akbar" killed three churchgoers in the Mediterranean city of Nice, fueling an already bitter national debate about free speech, terrorism and the place of Islam in a fiercely secular democracy.

October 29, 2020