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.
Navy officials announced Friday that they've chosen Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield to lead the Newport, R.I., institution. She will be the first female president of the school in its 135-year history.
The Pentagon late Thursday released still photographs and grainy black-and-white video footage purportedly showing Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel removing an unexploded mine from the side of an oil tanker targeted in the Gulf of Oman earlier in the day.
A long, unexplained delay has cast doubt over the nomination of Patrick M. Shanahan to head the Defense Department and has fueled rumors that President Trump may be having second thoughts about his pick.
Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the U.S. Navy rushed to assist amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.
Recent developments highlight how the armed forces and their industry partners have stockpiled power and influence to an unprecedented level, experts say.
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin on Monday announced the largest single defense deal in U.S. history, reaching a $34 billion handshake agreement for 478 new F-35 fighter jets at the significantly lower cost per aircraft.
The Pentagon's goal of a powered exoskeleton resembling Tony Stark's famed body armor remains a pipe dream, but officials say years of research into the concept have returned invaluable technology that will allow America's fighting men and women to push the bounds of physical capabilities in combat.
A U.S. vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Niger on Saturday, Pentagon officials said, in an incident that once again shines a spotlight on America's military presence in the African country.
A U.S. missile cruiser and Russian destroyer nearly collided Friday in the Philippine Sea, with the two vessels coming within at least 100 feet of one another as the two nations traded blame for the incident.
President Trump's April phone call with Libyan militia leader Gen. Khalifa Haftar was a "confusing" move that raised fundamental questions about which side Washington supports in the country's ongoing civil war, a top Libyan official told The Washington Times on Thursday.
A bipartisan group of senators Wednesday moved to formally condemn the Trump administration's recent emergency arms sales to Saudi Arabia, arguing that the controversial sales erode trust and cooperation between Congress and the White House.
Top North Korean officials on Wednesday said President Trump's diplomatic outreach is little more than a front and that Washington is secretly plotting an "aggressive war."
A Russian aircraft intercepted a U.S. plane three times within about three hours on Tuesday, military officials said, including an unprovoked and dangerous "high-speed pass" that endangered the lives of the American crew.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has accepted the original conclusions of inquiries into the 2017 Niger ambush that killed four American soldiers, and no further punishments will be handed out, according to media reports.
The Trump administration is cracking down harder on travel to Cuba, this time banning group trips by cruise ship, yacht and corporate plane as Washington seeks to starve the communist island of U.S. tourist dollars.
The Chinese government on Tuesday issued a pair of formal advisories against travel to the U.S., warning that citizens could be subjected to "harassment" or could fall victim to increased gun violence and robberies across America.
The nuclear device detonated by North Korea two years ago produced an explosion roughly 16 times bigger than the one created when the U.S. bombed Hiroshima in 1945, according to a new report.