Skip to content
Advertisement
Author profile
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

Clouds hover over the Lake Champlain waterfront in Burlington, Vt., on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Gov. Peter Shumlin on Tuesday signed into law the Vermont Clean Water Act, designed to clean up the lake by reducing pollutants that run into it. Shumlin said the law is an effort to correct a problem that has been centuries in the making. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

EPA moves to kill Waters of the U.S. rule

The Trump administration on Tuesday began the process of formally rescinding the highly controversial "Waters of the U.S." rule, an Obama-era regulation that gave Washington broad powers over streams and other small bodies of water across the country.

June 27, 2017
President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hug while making statements in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump India’s Modi dodge climate change energy issues

Cooperating in the fight against climate change had been a central piece of the U.S.-India relationship under former President Obama, but the issue was relegated to the back burner Monday during President Trump's meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

June 26, 2017
In this Feb. 28, 2015, file photo, John Oliver speaks in New York. Coal company Murray Energy is suing HBO and its Sunday-night host, John Oliver, for what it says was a false and malicious broadcast. Oliver's 24-minute "Last Week Tonight" coal segment on Sunday, June 18, 2017, criticized the Trump's administration effort to revive the industry and ribbed Murray Energy's CEO. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Robert Murray sues John Oliver over ‘Last Week Tonight’ coal segment

The CEO of the nation's largest coal company on Thursday filed a defamation suit against comedian and HBO star John Oliver, claiming the "Last Week Tonight" host "demeaned and disparaged" him, his miners, and the entire coal industry during a segment that aired last Sunday.

June 22, 2017
In this photo taken Dec. 8, 2016, the Capitol Building as seen in Washington. Congress wrapped up the 114th session early Saturday, a tumultuous two years marked by the resignation of a House speaker, a fight over a Supreme Court vacancy, bipartisan bills on health care and education and inaction on immigration and criminal justice. The new Congress will be sworn-in Jan. 3, 2017.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

E15 ethanol debate reaches tipping point in Congress

For gasoline retailers, it's an annual tradition: Each summer, federal law requires them to swap out the higher-blend ethanol fuel E15 from their pumps to comply with EPA regulations that limit ground-level ozone.

June 14, 2017
George Dethlefsen (lef), CEO of Corsa Coal Corp., said President Trump's deregulation effort had brought jobs back to the struggling coal economy in western Pennsylvania. Last week, Corsa opened its first new deep mine in Pennsylvania in six years. (Associated Press)

Coal rebound under Donald Trump unlikely to last

Just five months into President Trump's tenure, signs show that the U.S. coal sector has begun a slight rebound from the historic lows reached during the Obama era -- but even the most ardent coal proponents say the revival will be short-lived.

June 11, 2017