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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

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown speaks during a press briefing, April 26, 2024, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) **FILE**

Trump fires CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

President Trump on Friday said he is firing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. C.Q. Brown, while Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti was also removed from her post, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement.

February 21, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, third left, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, second right, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S., Russia agree to more talks to end war as sidelined Ukraine fumes

Top Trump administration officials left the door open Tuesday to Russia permanently retaining control of some captured Ukrainian territory, as representatives from Washington and Moscow ended their historic meeting in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh with seemingly all options on the table and a promise to continue talks aimed at ending the conflict.

February 18, 2025
FILE -Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

More U.S.-Russia talks expected as Trump pushes to end war in Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to his Russian counterpart Saturday and key Trump administration officials will reportedly meet with a high-level Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia next week as the White House accelerates its push to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

February 16, 2025
A person walks into the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan on Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan’s chip dominance is an asset and a target in the Trump era

President Trump's threat to use steep tariffs to break up what critics say is a virtual monopoly on the production of advanced microchips could become a reality in a matter of days, but Taiwan has dispatched a high-powered economic delegation to Washington this week in a bid to persuade the administration to change course.

February 11, 2025
Prominent political, business and spiritual figures attend the International Religious Freedom Summit 2025 in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4, 2025.

‘Grave consequences’: Japan warned on campaign against church

Japan would deal a massive blow to the universal principle of religious freedom, could deeply damage its relationship with the U.S. and would hand a major win to communist China if it follows through with an effort to punish the Unification Church, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned.

February 4, 2025
This photo provided by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. military conducts coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (U.S. Africa Command via AP).

U.S. airstrikes kill ISIS terrorists in Somalia

The U.S. bombed Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, President Trump said, marking the first major American operation against terrorist groups abroad since he took office on Jan. 20.

February 1, 2025