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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.
Previously, he covered energy and the environment, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, and also spent two years as a White House correspondent during the Obama administration.
Before coming to The Times in 2011, Ben worked as political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

Chinese President Xi Jinping, joined by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, right, speaks during a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was meeting again with Jinping Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

China may take lead on fighting climate change

With climate change seemingly absent from the agenda, the weekend meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping underscored that the U.S. has all but abandoned its status as the international leader on global warming and ceded that position to China.

April 9, 2017
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington on Feb. 21, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Climate change rules rollback by Trump has Democrat AGs vowing lawsuits

Democratic attorneys general eager to defend the Obama administration's climate change policies are vowing a flurry of lawsuits to stop President Trump's regulatory rollback -- moves analysts say face an uphill legal battle and are unlikely to secure the same kinds of victories Republicans racked up over the last eight years.

April 5, 2017
The federal government has a standing commitment to cover health care and pensions for retired miners. (Associated Press/File)

Coal miners swarm Congress as health care, pensions deadline looms

With lives literally hanging in the balance, Congress is headed toward another last-minute showdown over health care and pensions for retired coal miners -- some of whom have vowed to remain on Capitol Hill for 30 days to pressure lawmakers to act.

April 2, 2017
With the much-delayed Keystone XL pipeline project about to be put back on track, environmentalists are vowing to use both the courts and guerrilla-style tactics, such as setting up protest camps along the pipeline's construction route, to stump the oil project. (Associated Press)

Green groups sue Trump over Keystone pipeline

Environmental activists on Thursday sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which the administration formally approved last week.

March 30, 2017
In this Feb. 1, 2012, file photo, miles of pipe ready to become part of the Keystone Pipeline are stacked in a field near Ripley, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Keystone XL oil pipeline approved by the State Department

President Trump signed permits Friday for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline that had been blocked by the Obama administration, saying the reversal is part of his efforts "to do things right" for American jobs and energy production.

March 24, 2017
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the Keystone XL pipeline, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration to approve Keystone pipeline Monday: Report

The Trump administration on Monday will formally approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, according to media reports, finally ending a years-long series of starts, stops and delays, and kicking off the kind of massive infrastructure project the president promised during his campaign.

March 23, 2017
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has agreed with President Trump's intention to return the agency to its "core mission" of ensuring clean air and clean water. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Scott Pruitt’s EPA faces harshest budget cuts in history

President Trump's proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency would take it back to the staffing levels it had under President Reagan and to a budget it outgrew in 1990, marking what would be the most dramatic rollback in the agency's 47-year history.

March 21, 2017