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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

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program that he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. (Associated Press)

Scott Pruitt turns EPA away from climate change agenda

Scott Pruitt on Thursday made clear he doesn't believe carbon dioxide is the main driver of climate change -- and his declaration touched off a firestorm among critics who interpret the remark as concrete proof that the EPA administrator plans to disregard the past eight years and take the agency in a new direction.

March 9, 2017
In this March 1, 2017, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Fishermen sue Trump over Obama’s New England marine monument

Setting off a legal case that will offer clues as to whether President Trump will revoke some of his predecessor's most controversial national monuments, a coalition of fishermen on Tuesday sued the administration over a sprawling 5,000-mile marine monument off the East Coast.

March 7, 2017
In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary-nominee, Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ryan Zinke approved by Senate as Interior secretary

The Senate on Wednesday morning overwhelmingly approved Rep. Ryan K. Zinke to lead the Interior Department, overcoming objections from Democratic leadership to yet another of President Trump's cabinet nominees.

March 1, 2017