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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

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while she gives remarks on the explosion in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood onboard her campaign plane at Westchester County Airport, in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton’s Wal-Mart ties raising liberals’ ire

Hillary Clinton's close ties to Wal-Mart have infuriated progressives who see the big-box store as the embodiment of capitalistic evil, but there's evidence the former first lady has changed since her time on the Wal-Mart board three decades ago, and will push for stronger labor unions, a higher minimum wage and other goals that may sever her cozy relationship with the ubiquitous company.

September 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally Thursday at University of North Carolina in Greensboro, N.C. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton returns to trail, says time off ‘was actually a gift’

Amid sagging poll numbers and criticism that she may not be physically up to the job of being president, Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail Thursday and declared that she is ready for battle against Republican Donald Trump, hoping to regain lost momentum as the White House race enters its home stretch.

September 15, 2016
The latest conspiracies center on Hillary Clinton's health, including rumblings that the former secretary of state is terminally ill or that she has resorted to using a body double on the campaign trail as a cover. But the trove runs much deeper. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton secrecy fuels conspiracy theories

Depending whom you ask, Hillary Clinton is deathly sick, responsible for countless murders dating back decades, or poised to become the next reptilian to occupy the Oval Office.

September 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton stops her speech to cough at Luke Easter Park in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 5. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton ‘healthy and fit to serve as president,’ doctor says

While she rejected orders to rest after coming down with a fever earlier this month, Hillary Clinton is "healthy and fit" to serve as president, her doctor said Wednesday as the former first lady's presidential campaign tries to put to bed nagging concerns about her health.

September 14, 2016
Chelsea Clinton answers questions at a Women in Leadership roundtable in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bill, Chelsea Clinton campaign as pneumonia sidelines Hillary

With Hillary Clinton sidelined by pneumonia, her presidential campaign over the past 72 hours has dispatched its highest-profile surrogates to the stump, with President Obama joining former President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.

September 13, 2016
Donald Trump reiterated that he has his own plan to defeat the Islamic State, but will listen to the advice of generals once elected. Those generals, he added, have been marginalized by the Obama administration. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton declare each other unfit to serve as commander in chief

Seeking to paint themselves as eminently qualified and the other's judgment as lacking, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded barbs Wednesday night over the Iraq War, the Islamic State, U.S. intervention in Libya and other key foreign policy challenges, each telling a hall full of veterans and servicemen and -women that the other isn't fit to serve as commander in chief.

September 7, 2016
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton campaigns for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, at Dr. James R. Smith Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Fla. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Bill Clinton defends ‘open and transparent’ Clinton Foundation

Appearing on the campaign trail in Florida on Wednesday morning, former President Bill Clinton fired back against attacks on the Clinton Foundation, saying the organization is being unfairly maligned and operates in a fully "open and transparent" manner.

September 7, 2016
Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks during a campaign rally in Wilmington, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine slam Donald Trump on national security

Hillary Clinton and Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday launched a coordinated assault on Donald Trump, assailing the Republican's positions on Iraq, Libya, the fight against the Islamic State, and other foreign policy issues from Europe to Central America.

September 6, 2016
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine has been attacking Donald Trump while on the trail. (Associated press)

Tim Kaine knocks Donald Trump in smiling stump speeches

He may be the happiest political attack dog in recent history, and political analysts say Sen. Tim Kaine's laid-back demeanor enables him to lob incendiary charges at Republican Donald Trump in a way Hillary Clinton simply cannot.

September 5, 2016