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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

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who authored the 1990s ban on assault weapons, said over the weekend that Congress must enact a law banning them or risk seeing a future president simply change federal policy with the stroke of a pen. (Associated Press/File)

Gun control agreement stops with bump stocks

Lawmakers in both parties, the White House and the National Rifle Association have found common ground on outlawing so-called bump stocks, devices that increase rates of fire and can essentially create fully automatic weapons.

October 8, 2017
In this July 26, 2013, file photo, a motorist fills up with gasoline containing ethanol in Des Moines. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

EPA, ethanol industry clash over potential changes to Renewable Fuel Standard program

The ethanol industry Tuesday launched a highly coordinated effort to drive a wedge between President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt charging that the president risks selling out the rural Midwestern voters who helped propel him to the White House if he doesn't step in and stop proposed EPA rules that would punish the biofuels sector and reward oil refiners.

October 3, 2017
Department of Homeland Security officials look on as crews work on prototypes for a proposed border wall in front of the primary border structure separating Tijuana, Mexico, behind, and San Diego, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in San Diego. The federal government is giving a first peek at construction of prototypes for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, an area that is walled off from public viewing in a remote area of San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Border wall foes lobby judges to halt construction

President Trump's border wall proposal has sent his opponents rushing to courthouses as powerful environmental groups and Democrats in Congress and the states demand federal judges step in to try to derail any new construction.

October 1, 2017
V.C. Summer Nuclear Station' is under construction near Jenkinsville, South Carolina. Alan Wilson, the state attorney general, released a 50-page report that concluded that the 2007 Base Load Review Act contained serious flaws. Then-Gov. Mark Sanford, Republican, tweaked state regulations to allow rate hikes. (Associated Press photographs)

Alan Wilson: Law that allowed ‘NukeGate’ to happen is unconstitutional

A law that dumped billions of dollars in taxpayer money down the drain to fund ill-fated nuclear reactors looks to be unconstitutional, South Carolina's attorney general said Tuesday in a blistering legal opinion that comes as federal and state authorities probe an unprecedented energy debacle that's become known as "NukeGate."

September 26, 2017
President Obama's carefully crafted oratory at the United Nations General Assembly argued that international institutions and cooperation are the keys to global order. On Tuesday, delegates heard a starkly different message and tone from his successor. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump ends Barack Obama’s U.N. policy

NEWS ANALYSIS: President Obama ended his first speech to the United Nations with a call to respect universal rights and the U.N. itself, saying all nations owed an obligation to the international body.

September 19, 2017
Hillary Clinton's campaign has a direct connection to the debunked anti-Trump dossier. (Associated Press/File)

Hillary Clinton mulls challenging legitimacy of 2016 election, cites Russian influence

Hillary Clinton on Monday would not rule out the possibility of challenging the results of the 2016 presidential election, saying it's clear the Russians influenced the outcome and that the legitimacy of President Trump's victory could be called into question as congressional and independent probes into Russian involvement move forward.

September 18, 2017
In this July 26, 2013, file photo, a motorist fills up with gasoline containing ethanol in Des Moines. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Ethanol advocates push for summer gas blend to be sold year-round

In the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the ethanol lobby has seized on the Trump administration's decision to prematurely lift a ban on summer sales of E15 gasoline — a move made to thwart potential gas shortages due to the two massive storms — as further proof the policy is outdated and should be scrapped by Congress.

September 14, 2017
Hillary Clinton. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton calls for end to Electoral College

Nearly a year after gaining 3 million more votes than Donald Trump but still losing the election, Hillary Clinton says it's time to get rid of the Electoral College and award the presidency based simply on who gets the most votes.

September 14, 2017