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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a national security correspondent at The Washington Times, a senior member of its Threat Status team, and the host and producer of the award-winning Threat Status Podcast. Ben covers national security, foreign policy, military affairs, the defense industry and the rapidly evolving landscape of military technology.
A Pennsylvania native, he joined The Washington Times in 2011 after serving as a political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa. Over the course of his career, Ben has covered the White House, Congress, and four presidential campaigns.
His reporting has earned recognition from some of journalism's most respected organizations, including the Virginia Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C. Chapter, among other honors.
Ben has interviewed heads of state, chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior military commanders, cabinet secretaries, senior government officials, and the CEOs of many of the nation's largest and most influential defense companies.
Ben is a frequent guest on broadcast media, with appearances on C-SPAN, the Sirius XM POTUS channel, and other outlets.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

An ethanol plant stands next to a cornfield near Nevada, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) **FILE**

Pro-ethanol bill dividing both parties

An unlikely coalition of environmentalists, labor unions, boaters and some of the Senate's most conservative Republicans is mobilizing to fend off a pro-ethanol bill that has divided both parties and, if passed, would mark one of the biggest wins in recent memory for the industry.

July 19, 2017
California Gov. Jerry Brown (center) said that the Golden State had a moral duty to act on efforts to combat climate change, and applauded the state's bipartisan cap and trade extension. "Tonight California stood tall and once again, boldly confronted the existential threat of our time," Mr. Brown said of the state's initiative. (Associated Press)

California cap and trade program extended with bipartisan support

By extending its controversial cap and trade system for another decade, California this week officially replaced the federal government as the nation's most powerful actor on global warming — and in the process got several Republicans to buck their national party leadership.

July 18, 2017
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on June 2, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

EPA cites ‘market realities’ in proposal to lower biofuels mandates

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed to lower the amount of renewable fuels that must be blended into the nation's gasoline supply next year, saying "market realities" have informed its decision and leaving the door open for a much broader overhaul of the entire Renewable Fuel Standard in the near future.

July 5, 2017
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took a close look at Bears Ears National Monument in May and recommended last month that President Trump reduce the size of the designation. Such a move is hardly unprecedented. (Associated Press/File)

Bears Ears monument changes have precedent

The Trump administration's "unprecedented" effort to break up and shrink a national monument has been done at least 18 times before, with presidents of both parties exercising power to significantly reduce the size of U.S. landmarks established by their predecessors.

July 4, 2017
Clouds hover over the Lake Champlain waterfront in Burlington, Vt., on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Gov. Peter Shumlin on Tuesday signed into law the Vermont Clean Water Act, designed to clean up the lake by reducing pollutants that run into it. Shumlin said the law is an effort to correct a problem that has been centuries in the making. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

EPA moves to kill Waters of the U.S. rule

The Trump administration on Tuesday began the process of formally rescinding the highly controversial "Waters of the U.S." rule, an Obama-era regulation that gave Washington broad powers over streams and other small bodies of water across the country.

June 27, 2017
President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hug while making statements in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump India’s Modi dodge climate change energy issues

Cooperating in the fight against climate change had been a central piece of the U.S.-India relationship under former President Obama, but the issue was relegated to the back burner Monday during President Trump's meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

June 26, 2017