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Ben Wolfgang

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

Sen. Lisa Murkowski's support is tied to a bill — which would be wrapped into the tax package — that would open 2,000 acres of ANWR to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Associated Press/File)

Drilling in section of ANWR included in final GOP tax-reform package

With Republicans set to achieve a decades-long policy goal of opening a section of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, environmentalists over the weekend launched a last-ditch effort to halt the initiative, though their efforts almost surely will be in vain.

December 17, 2017
Jeremy Chenoweth (left) and Benjamin Werkowski of EDP Renewables work atop one of the 52 windmills the company operates in Paulding County, Ohio. The Timber Road II Wind Farm generates enough electricity to power 29,000 homes. (Associated Press/File)

Renewable energy industry’s growth dismissed by conservatives

It's become a national leader in wind-power generation, but in deep-red, oil-rich Texas, many conservatives still turn a skeptical eye toward renewable energy -- despite growth numbers that dwarf virtually every other sector of the economy.

December 12, 2017
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides in the Bears Ears National Monument with local and state representatives in Blanding, Utah, on May 9, 2017. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP) **FILE**

Ryan Zinke under fire again for taxpayer-funded helicopter rides

Democrats pounced on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke again Friday after reports the former Montana congressman spent thousands of dollars in taxpayer money on helicopter flights, including traveling from Virginia to Washington to ride horses with Vice President Mike Pence.

December 8, 2017
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ted Cruz wants Donald Trump to end his support for ethanol industry

Sen. Ted Cruz will lead a delegation to the White House on Thursday to talk President Trump out of his rock-solid support for the ethanol industry, marking the latest chapter in an ongoing intraparty fight between Republicans over how the administration should handle biofuels.

December 6, 2017