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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

The Pentagon is pictured in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Meet the wealthy new investor taking equity stakes in defense companies: The Pentagon

As business partners go, few are more powerful and well-funded than the Pentagon. But the Trump administration's accelerating push to take direct financial stakes in private defense and critical minerals companies -- a divisive strategy among Republicans on Capitol Hill -- raises a host of political, ethical, legal, financial and even long-term strategic questions for the U.S. military.

July 15, 2026
Civilians fire blanks during basic military training given by soldiers who rotate weekly lessons through different neighborhoods, called "Defense Day," in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

What the U.S. would face in a military operation against Cuba

A U.S. military operation against Cuba and its outdated defense equipment and badly outmatched armed forces could be simpler and more straightforward than January's high-stakes raid in Caracas to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

June 10, 2026