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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

Donald Trump gestures toward Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate Wednesday in Las Vegas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton clash on policy, personality in final debate

Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of being "a puppet" for Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged voters to send a signal in this presidential election by rejecting the kind of candidate who has been accused of demeaning and assaulting women, mocking the disabled and inciting violence, as the two candidates faced off in their final debate.

October 19, 2016
Former Vice President Al Gore speaks as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens, at a rally at Miami Dade College in Miami, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Obama, Al Gore urge voters to reject Donald Trump

President Obama and former Vice President Al Gore hit the campaign trail Tuesday in key swing states, urging voters to reject Republican Donald Trump -- but the president's rally was derailed several times by protesters wearing t-shirts and carrying signs proclaiming, "Bill Clinton is a rapist."

October 11, 2016
Former Vice President Al Gore is interviewed by The Associated Press in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 9, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Al Gore to Florida voters: ‘Your vote really, really, really counts — a lot’

Returning to the state where his own White House ambitions came to a grinding halt, former Vice President Al Gore told Florida voters Tuesday that Hillary Clinton is the only candidate in the race who will fight climate change, warning that Donald Trump would cause a "climate catastrophe" if elected in November.

October 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton's secret emails were a frequent topic for her campaign team, which took repeated stabs at trying to craft a public explanation for her behavior. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton campaign’s WikiLeaks emails expose political calculations, fears

The Clinton campaign allowed political calculations to infuse many of its biggest decisions, according to emails leaked Monday that show her planning her Wall Street reform stance to satisfy liberals, plotting to use Keystone pipeline politics to distract from her secret email server and debating how much outrage to show at congressional hearings on Benghazi.

October 10, 2016
Al Gore is campaigning for Hillary Clinton to push for action on climate change, but he also may touch on his 2000 campaign loss, analysts say. (Associated Press)

Al Gore hits trail for Hillary Clinton on climate change, but may touch on 2000 loss

Al Gore will campaign for Hillary Clinton Tuesday and call for greater action to fight climate change, but political analysts say there's a deeper motive in putting the former vice president on the stump — to tell his first-person horror story of what can happen when progressives reject the Democratic nominee and vote for a third-party candidate.

October 10, 2016