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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

Attorney General-designate Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is surrounded by security as he walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to advance his nomination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeff Sessions, Steven Mnuchin, Tom Price pass first test votes in Senate

President Trump's picks to lead the Justice, Treasury and Health and Human Services departments -- some of his most controversial nominations -- survived their first test votes on the Senate floor Thursday, putting each of them on track to win full confirmation over the next couple of weeks.

February 2, 2017
From left: Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Orrin G. Hatch of Utah and Chuck Grassley of Iowa confer on Wednesday after the Judiciary Committee, after angry partisan exchanges, voted to approve the nomination of Jeff Sessions as attorney general. (Associated Press)

Cabinet battle signals Democratic resistance to Trump

Senate business ground to a halt Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans turned to hardball tactics in the fight over President Trump's Cabinet nominees, signaling the wall of opposition the administration is likely to face for the foreseeable future.

February 1, 2017
Greenpeace demonstrators used a crane to hang a banner near the White House last week. It was one part of a multipronged strategy to combat the Trump administration's purported war against the science of climate change. (Associated Press)

Environmental groups launch social media war to fight Trump agenda

With their traditional political power diminished, environmental activists have launched an unprecedented guerrilla warfare campaign against President Trump -- and analysts say such efforts will only grow in intensity over the coming weeks and months.

January 29, 2017
President Obama left behind unfinished business on the environment, and Republicans emboldened by President Trump are gearing up to reverse many of the former administration's signature initiatives. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump to set environmental agenda, not Cabinet or lawmakers

Top Republicans are shifting the climate change debate away from the human role and toward a more pragmatic discussion over what government can do about it -- but it's increasingly clear that President Trump, not his Cabinet nor lawmakers, will be setting the environmental agenda.

January 25, 2017