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.
Appearing on stage for the first time with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday unleashed on onslaught of insults against Republican Donald Trump, mocking the businessman's campaign slogan, his "goofy hat" and his policy prescriptions for the country.
Hillary Clinton and President Obama over the weekend solicited donations by offering supporters the chance to win two free tickets to the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton."
Hillary Clinton on Sunday made an unexpected visit to New York City's annual Pride Parade and vowed that she'd fight for LGBTQ Americans if elected president.
Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren are moving beyond their political differences and embracing one another as key players in the future of their party — and they perhaps could find themselves together on the Democratic presidential ticket.
President Obama on Friday designated New York City's Stonewall Inn as the first national monument honoring LGBTQ rights, a move the White House says underscores this administration's commitment to equality and will make the National Park System "more inclusive."
Hillary Clinton booed and Donald Trump cheered the news that a deadlocked Supreme Court put President Obama's deportation amnesty on ice, deepening the divide in the presidential race over Supreme Court picks and the executive branch's role in carving out immigration policy.
Senate Republicans are to blame for Thursday's Supreme Court decision that stopped President Obama's deportation amnesty program, Hillary Clinton said in a statement, charging that the court would have ruled in the administration's favor if only there had been one more liberal Justice on the bench.
As Donald Trump prepares to leave U.S. shores to spend a few days with his Scottish golf properties, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday ripped the Republican billionaire and warned his policies would tank the economy — a line of attack political analysts say could gain new traction over the next few days while she has the American stage to herself.
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday bashed Wall Street and large U.S. corporations for holding back economic growth and taking advantage of middle-class workers, vowing that, if elected president, she'd force companies to share profits with employees and slap new taxes on firms that try to move overseas.
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday launched a blistering assault on Republican Donald Trump's economic plan, saying the billionaire would cut taxes for the wealthy, limit wages for the middle class, tank the stock market and ultimately send the U.S. economic back into a crippling recession.
In an effort to "pull back the curtain" on Donald Trump's true business record, the Hillary Clinton campaign on Tuesday launched a new website and video that paints the Republican billionaire as greedy and incompetent.
Hillary Clinton's honesty problem may end up not being much of a problem at all. Voters this election cycle don't seem to be making their decisions based on a candidate's honesty and trustworthiness, surveys and exit polling data show, and many seem willing to back Mrs. Clinton even though they harbor deep doubts about her character.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren put pressure on Hillary Clinton on Friday, telling the former first lady in no uncertain terms she must prevail in the fight against Republican Donald Trump.
Progressive leaders are still hoping to force likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to the left, but a party insider said Thursday she's rapidly losing interest in accommodating any more demands from Sen. Bernard Sanders and his followers.
The nation's largest federation of unions on Thursday endorsed Hillary Clinton, giving the former first lady the backing of yet another powerful labor group.
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign rolled out a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in eight battleground states across the country, offering an early glimpse of what's likely to be an unprecedented advertising war leading up to the November election.
Neither Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border nor his proposal to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the country would have stopped last weekend's massacre at an Orlando night club, Hillary Clinton said Wednesday in another blistering attack on the billionaire Republican.
As the primary season officially came to an end Tuesday night, Sen. Bernard Sanders met privately with Hillary Clinton -- but the senator from Vermont still wasn't ready to offer an endorsement to his presidential primary rival.
Amid signs his campaign may be nearing its end, Sen. Bernard Sanders met with rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night in Washington as the Democratic presidential primary race comes to a close and the party turns its attention to uniting against Republican Donald Trump.